Mundi Mundi Bash Trip - Part 5

As we arrived at Mundiville a day early we had time to wander around and see what was on offer.  There were a couple of extra curricular items that we thought we would participate in.

Firstly, Mick had a wish.  He has never been in a helicopter and thought it would a great opportunity to go for a flight.  Wednesday afternoon was the perfect time.  We were both going to go along, but the way things worked out, Mick was able to fit into a flight with another couple, so I didn’t worry about going along.  (I have been in a helicopter when I was a kid.)

The couple he went up with had also been in one before, so kindly let Mick sit up the front.

How vast are those plains.

One of Broken Hill’s water supplies, with Mundiville in the background.

Flying through the wind farm, just to the east of Mundiville.

Traffic going through a creek crossing on the road on the way into Mundiville.

Look at that queue of vehicles on their way in.  Weren’t we glad we arrived early in the morning.

Mundiville from the air.  Keep in mind, this was still the day before the actual start of the event and there were many more caravans still to arrive.

Mick was one very happy fellow after his flight.  

I had a wish too.  I wanted to go on a camel ride.  Mick wasn’t all that fussed, but decided he would come along anyway.  This was on the Thursday morning, before the entertainment began.  You could have a 6 minute ride or a 30 minute ride.  We opted for the longer one.

Here is our camel train ready for us to board.  There weren’t a real lot of us going on the longer ride, so we had a camel each.

All aboard!  We’re ready to go.

Camels seem so ungainly as they stand and sit and initially they seem quite rough to ride on, but as you plod along, you soon get into the rhythm of it.  We both found it rather relaxing and are glad we went for the longer ride.  Our two camels are the oldest of the group and like to spend all their time together.  They normally live at Silverton and they were walked out the previous day.  It took five hours.  Mick surprised himself, by really enjoying the ride as well.

How good that we both were able to realise a long held wish.

There were a couple of other events outside the music.  

There was a world record attempt to have the most people dressed in Mad Max costumes.  We didn’t participate in this, but there were a lot of fun outfits.  There were even some families all dressed up, including their kids as the “Wild Child”.  No, we didn’t dress up.

There was also a world record attempt to have the most people performing “The Nutbush” dance.  I don’t think they broke the record.  It was previously set at the Big Red Bash.

Thirdly, there was the “Mundi Undie Run”.  We missed seeing that, but we have since seen some wonderful photos of whacky costumes.

Oh, yes, there was a little bit of music performed.  I’ll get to that next.

More soon.