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20180531 NSW Tamworth to Walcha

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20180531 The last time we were heading to Tamworth we had to rush home for a funeral, this time Des is sick so I head to the Info centre to collect some material, take some pic’s then head inland to the little town of Walcha. The Golden Guitar, erected in 1988 is an icon of the Tamworth Country Music Capital, its 12 metres high and weighs 500kg . Inside the info centre is a wax figure of the legendary Chad Morgan, advertising the Gallery of Stars Wax Museum, depicting how Australian country music evolved,  he's such a spunk😝 On our way to Walcha when we noticed t he signs are up “Cows on Road Ahead” as they leisurely stroll across the road.   True Blue Native Man Entering Walcha , an interesting little town known for it's open air Gallery of Sculptures and this one stands at the entrance of the town. The main street of Walcha as we begin our descent into the little town, I would love to see this town in spring with the maple leaves in full bloom. H

20180528 NSW Scone to Wallabadah

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20180528  Des wakes me singing ‘Happy Birthday To You’ before bringing me my usual cup of herb tea in bed, and that’s how my days begins, now let’s see what adventure he has planed for us today. After checking every pub in town we finally settled in to a yummy lunch at the Willow Tree Hotel in Scone. The bronze sculpture depicts Scone as the Horse Capital of Australia and claims to be the second largest horse breeding area in the world after Kentucky in the United States. The Scone historical Campbell's  Corner was built in 1928 by Campbell and operated as a department store until 1970s. Big Blue is a larger than life horse in two parts so you can walk through the animal or it can appear to be emerging into or out of walls, it was created by stockman turned sculpture Nick Adams, and is made from baling twine and stands 2.2 metres high. 29-05-2018 We camped at Wallabadah in NSW, another struggling town with just a pub and convenient

20180525 NSW Dubbo to Cassilis

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20180525 Dubbo, the old stomping grounds of my brothers who lived here many years ago and his daughter Jody still a big part of the community but unfortunately we couldn't catch up with her due to work commitments.  Did you know that, Dubbo is now thought to be mispronunciation of the local Wiradjuri word "Thubbo". Look who we found in Dubbo, he was having a nice quite coffee when I came up behind him a frightened the crapper out of him,but he love's me don't ya Dave.😄  I get the feeling these pair a plotting, now I'll meet you at this spot and you have the hole dug so we can dispose of her quickly, then we're FREE! FREE, well I wouldn't be surprised. One of the Wild Hog boys, h e travel's far and wide on his trusty motorcycle looking for adventure, All he needs is the leather helmet. 😅 Don't let that sack on his bike kid you there is no way he sleeps under the stars he's