A quick browse of the opal sellers' stalls

For kilometre after kilometre we travelled on road damaged by recent heavy rains and floods. Here one of the heavy pieces of equipment shows how deep the depressions are.

Followed by two CXs

After Bob, Carol and Justin decided to push on until dark I remained to enjoy a drive through the Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo.

Asiatic water buffalo wait at the back of their enclosure. The keepers were due to arrive with the evening feed.