More wildlife

We were on a country road, Warren had gone off into the bush, this time on his own. We usually went together but my phone was charging and it was only only to be a short stop. I was checking the next stop and J got a sense of coming coming up to the window. I thought at first it was a person but no it was these cattle looming up to see what was happening.

The local Wildlife

We set up the caravan at the showgrounds and after dinner, decided to visit the local maccas for dessert. It is just at the top of the road about 600  metres away so we walked.

The top road is very busy but the road to the showgrounds runs out there and tbere is only one house along the road.

These were out in the paddock, seems to be good pickings for them, a  mob of about six or seven.

This little one was much closer and interested to see what we were doing. The big buck to the left, I would guess that he would stand about six foot or 180cms or so.

Ayers Rock

Its great to see familar things at times. We were looking for a service centre to fuel up and I was surprised that there were very few. Could take a byroad into a township but we didnt really want to do that unless we had to.

Finally we see the familar blue sign with the fuel pump sign and toilets and crossed knife and fork in 2 kms. Good, fuel and eats bonus.

Oh no, we have been there before many years ago and we remember that it wasnt very clean and there were lots of flies.  We pulled in anyway as it would only be a short stop.

Yay, it had improved! There were a few shops inside and a subway plus burger abd chips.
This was to have been a theme park many years ago when two brothers who had travelled with their families and made docos for TV about places they went.

This was the first and only thing that they had built and due to mismanagement and downturn of ecomony they went broke. The brothers also never spoke to each other for many years, they did reconcile just before one of them died.

It is called Little Rock and takes the shape of Ayers Rock just much smaller.

Green!

Now into New South Wales and it is so green!

This was at our caravan park at the end of the road about 20 metres from our van. There was a river over the hill, lots of vans also had a boat parked alongside.

Gumtrees up close and personal.

Little mushroom, looked cute but def not an eating one

A Pub Lunch

We stopped for lunch yesterday while on our way South. With thee caravan on, we needed to find a place to park. Many streets in NSW are the back in ones,  so usually its the side streets for us.

Walking back to main street and came past a pub,  but it was too early for lunch by seven minutes. We went for a quick walk as Surprise surprise I had forgotton to pack an item so we went to find a store and buy that item. The few minutes and a couple of dollars spent, we returned to go back across to the pub.

A local guy said gidday to us, it was a smallish country town, Warren told him we were off to the park and asked what the meals were like. The guy said they were good but the one that was just across the road from us was as good but cheaper.

We thought well, cant go past a recommendation so we went there.

This was my lunch, two lunches and two drinks was $22.

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Walking the railway tracks

Saturday morning we went for a drive to a nearby township, they had a country market but as we were going on holidays starting Monday we didnt buy anything but good to know it is on every month.

We evenually found the walking trail, it started at the back of the "Naso park" as we were told by a helpful sole. Luckily we knew that naso stood for National Service or in other words the Soldiers Park.
The tracks didnt last every long before we were walking on a dirt track, we werent very far off a main highway, we could hear the traffic but couldnt see it because of the foliage.
Once we got into bushland Warren let Lucy off her lead and she jumped around like a loon! She doesnt go far away from us, always keeping us in sight.

Home for lunch and someone (me) hadnt bought any salad stuff so had to think outside the box.
This was lunch.

Last of the lettuce, some cheese, red pickled capsicum, half a tin of tuna and half a sweet potato. For a scratch lunch, it was pretty good.

A new letterbox

This is a new letterbox that I was given, its a little cutie, wouldnt hold a great deal of mail but then we dont get much these days.

Here it is out in the wild, waiting to be found, as yes, it is being used as a geo cache.

The letterbox is about eight inches high on a stand. Looking forward to people findi g it and making comments on it.