Day 36: Dubbo

We were relieved to have decided to stay in a toasty warm cabin with the heater on all night, and we got an earlier start, planning a long day in the car and aiming for dinner in Dubbo. Not far out of Goondiwindi, Jim spotted a mate for his mudflap, and this ignited a series of stops to inspect mud flaps that had fallen from trucks. I'm not really sure why, but we stopped another 4 times to collect mud flaps. Please see Jim if you are interested in looking at his mud flap collection!


Lunch was in Moree and we were very entertained by the latest technology in automated public toilets. It was a ‘hands free’ toilet (well not entirely) and you waved your hand over a button to open and shut the door, then a voice tells you that you have 10 minutes and the door will automatically open to expose you to the whole world, so hurry up ( well not quite those words, but you get the idea), then soothing toilet music starts. Today, there was an instrumental version of ‘walking on sunshine’ to get things moving! There is automatic flushing, soap, water and handrying, then you start looking for a button to get out. Overall, one of my most memorable toiletting experiences.

Our stop for the night was in Dubbo, and opted for a motel room. The motel was lovely, and we had nachos for tea in the bar next to the open fire, very nice and toasty. We were thinking of stopping at the Western Plains Zoo, but we decided not to, presuming that if the animals had a cave they would surely be staying in it today, so we will hope to get back here another time.