We set off this morning to visit our friends Helen & Max and their son and his family at Yarrabilba. It was a lovely drive there but we did manage to get a bit lost so rang our friends and as they were close by, we followed them to Cam's house which was not far. We had a lovely morning with them and Cam & Sonny showed us around their lovely new home and then we all went for lunch at the Wendora Hotel.
Saturday - Day 21
Another beautiful morning and we set off for Ruby Gardens at Eagleby where Helen & Max showed us around the huge retirement village where they have a lovely home. We then had lunch with them and their other son, Phil, and his wife and little boy Nathan. A very relaxing afternoon spent with friends. We hadn't seen them for some time, but we felt as if it was only a few weeks.
Back at the caravan park, Ron was able to catch up with Rod again and had a good look at all the BSA club bikes.
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| BSA club at Beaudesert |
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| BSA club, Beaudesert |
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| Remains of a van burnt out at Beaudesert Caravan Park |
Sunday - Day 22
We packed our van this morning, raining a bit, but still warm, and on the road by 9 am.
We stopped at Warwick for a coffee then saw a sign to Leslie Dam, so detoure
d a few kms and had a look around this pretty area.
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| Leslie Dam, Warwick |
Our first stop was at a little place called Gore as they were advertising "Home Made Pies", so we thought that would be our lunch, but they only had 1 left - steak & kidney - well, that was mine as Ron doesn't like them. We parked nearby and I had my pie while Ron had a sandwich. It was disapppointing that we both couldn't have a pie but that was the way it was, and as it turned out it wasn't the best pie anyway but it was the first on this trip.
We continued driving and stopped for the night at a rest area about 40 km south of Goondiwindi, North Star Rd Rest Area. This was a good spot for overnight and a few other vans as well.
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| North Star rest area |
Monday - Day 23
It was quite cold overnight, we're now in NSW not Qld and the temperatures are definitely lower.
First stop at Moree, found a parking area for the caravan and had a walk around, found a supermarket, and a Pie Shop, so Ron got his pie. Fuel 121.9 cpl. We continued on to Collabarabri, but decided to go on to Walgett. We arrived iin Walgett and found the Alex Trevallion Park where we have stayed before. Its a good area for an overnight stop with areas marked out for vans, so we set up and then had a walk around the park area. There was one other van in the park and later a John Deere machinery transport pulled in as they had to get some repairs done.
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| Alex Trevallion Park, Walgett |
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| Alex Trevallion rest area, Walgett |
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| Walgett rest area |
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| Barwon River, Walgett |
Arrived at Brewarrina at 10.45 am and drove around to have a look at the Aboriginal fish traps which we had seen before on another trip through here, but this time the river is flooded and we couldn't see them, so we headed to Bourke.
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| Brewarrina near fish traps |
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| Darling River, Bourke |
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| Darling River, Bourke |
