The locals at the Tilpa pub told me a several tales the night I stayed in there. They ranged from incredible feats to stories about unbelievable characters. All true of course!
There was the one story about a drover from Byrock who rounded up two hundred goannas. He herded them along the road, planning on taking the reptiles to Nyngan and load them on the train. From there, they would be transported to Sydney to be turned into goanna oil.
The story goes that a cattle truck with an extra trailer on the back, ran over half of the goannas through the night. The Council had to close the road for a week just above Giralambone because it was too mybloggers. Cars and trucks were sliding everywhere on the oil saturated surface.