{"id":1305,"date":"2008-11-05T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2008-11-05T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T09:15:00","slug":"2008-trip-day-11-off-to-go-to-a-mining-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=1305","title":{"rendered":"2008 trip day 11 &#8211; Off to go to a mining town"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\">First things first. I spent the morning wandering the streets of St George and the banks of the Balonne River before checking out of the motel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3038140664\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3142\/3038140664_47af1ec3a0.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3038135282\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3019\/3038135282_c50c3d4cae.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3037302787\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3237\/3037302787_57c0e8f50b_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3037303421\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3183\/3037303421_81b10fea8a_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3037298963\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3174\/3037298963_814f0df64d_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3038136716\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3163\/3038136716_0110a3a6f2_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3038128676\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3197\/3038128676_45f1c85e4b_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3037291745\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3024\/3037291745_39cd532b0e_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3037308243\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3031\/3037308243_6dafaeff00.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then headed south. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3336282241\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3339\/3336282241_36c8c4055f.jpg\" alt=\"2008-11-05 track\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again I stopped a few times on the way past.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3038149900\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3273\/3038149900_441f339f3b.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3037312963\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3010\/3037312963_55dd4fc8a6_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3038150900\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3218\/3038150900_a22ff24bcb_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3037314541\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3278\/3037314541_5641460f1d_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3037315219\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3290\/3037315219_a4ff4d3b75_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3038148782\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3011\/3038148782_c862bf5653_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3038150184\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3027\/3038150184_f7691696ae_s.jpg\" alt=\"st george\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3061905902\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3242\/3061905902_57a4e1055c.jpg\" alt=\"Castlereagh Highway\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3061064885\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3136\/3061064885_ecd6df8af6.jpg\" alt=\"Castlereagh Highway\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had a rest break in Dirranbandi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3059641138\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3204\/3059641138_7aa812f85d.jpg\" alt=\"Dirranbandi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3058807125\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3222\/3058807125_d500a96691_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dirranbandi\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3059645180\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3002\/3059645180_facbd9419d_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dirranbandi\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3059643110\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3199\/3059643110_c4425fd936_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dirranbandi\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3058805705\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3161\/3058805705_a2589aa7ea_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dirranbandi\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3058805163\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3065\/3058805163_d9229a2705_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dirranbandi\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3059644512\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3152\/3059644512_6e61c2531c_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dirranbandi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the afternoon, I arrived in Lightening Ridge. The people at the tourist information were very helpful and suggested a few places in my price range. Though I would later find that the actual things to see were mostly closed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3112225947\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3207\/3112225947_b7e89e7290.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3113059268\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3170\/3113059268_a89fd4311f_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3113058722\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3015\/3113058722_d2f268ba0a_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3113057464\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3163\/3113057464_8b26959e3c_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3113057080\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3274\/3113057080_40001b7dee_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3112225649\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3149\/3112225649_08ee647734_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3113054994\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3038\/3113054994_40f8d501cd_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3112232409\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3074\/3112232409_5139d55893_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3112235525\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3221\/3112235525_cce2a7704e_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3112234925\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3070\/3112234925_40caa592b1_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3113062526\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3072\/3113062526_b4a52d12c8_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3113061674\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3038\/3113061674_18e23cd0cf_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3112229649\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3200\/3112229649_0a690105c0_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lightning Ridge\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First things first. I spent the morning wandering the streets of St George and the banks of the Balonne River[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday-diary","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}