17/5/2022 – Tuesday – 45km

This morning is washing day, we are nearly out of socks & undies, we are 2^nd in the queue at 8am & have to wait. I drive out to Boolaroo Centre to look at the farm machinery & traction engine display at 10am.  This is an amazing collection of old farming equipment, old tractors, trucks & steam engines, all working & all housed in huge sheds. The man who took us through was a font of knowledge & very interesting as his family had farmed in the area for generations. Some of the items on display were from his family. The next shed housed all the stationary engines, a combination of diesel, petrol, oil & kerosene. Again, they all worked & and impressive variety of models & sizes. Next was another shed with some big power generation engines, one big enough to power the whole town of Boolaroo Centre. Back at Melrose for lunch by 1pm & Tereza has all the washing on the line under the van, she is a sweetheart.

After lunch we go into town & have a walk over the swing bridge & explore the other side of the dry Willochra Creek near the town camping area, then book into the North Star Hotel for dinner. Back to camp then shower followed by dinner with another 74 Kimberley Karavaners & a few others. The pub was packed & one chef had to prepare 104 meals, it was a bit slow getting dinner but the food was good & the company great. We shared our table with another 5 fellow KKOG travellers whom we had not met before & had a great time chatting waiting for dinner & afterwards. We were some of the last to leave the pub. Another great day.