20230418 Warracknabeal next so Des can pay a bill, 2018 was our last trip here and it looks the same. Walking the streets when a elderly chap on his mobil scooter, trailer and his dog stopped for a chat, he was a character and a bit cheeky. He then stopped Des, you look a bit lost mate, I’ve lost my misses said Des, well that’s not a bad thing he said, then I walked up and said is he giving you a hard time, he replayed with, I wish she would give me a hard time, what a cheeky prick Des thought as we laughed.
On our way to Dimboola just 36 kilometres north of Horsham, a Wimmera wheatbelt town made famous by Jack Hibberd's play of the same name:Dimboola, a wedding breakfast farce with audience participation. We camped in the free camp just out of town and removed our bikes and headed to town to check it out, wow what an interesting little town.
The entrance to the Little Desert National Park just off the Dimboola main street.
The Main Street in Dimboola
Out the front of the Dimboola Post Office stands a pole with distances around the world.
1924 "Dimboola's New Hotel"
If only you can see the amount of work Stoph & Meran have put into this Hotel with it’s amazing collection of antique wares, the sad part is the owner is pushing them out by continually increasing their rent, soon Dimboola will be the town with no beer. This is one place I would not like to pack up.
Now does this dining room take you back in time or what.
Then after dinner you can retire to the library for refreshments, perfect, all these items have been collected by Stoph & Meran and they ain’t staying here.
The Dimboola’s Tower Park was once the former site of the Dimboola Hotel that’s been rejuvenated as a space for the community to reconnect, it’s been about 20 years since the hotel burnt down in October 2003.
This old claw bath tub has a second life after it’s new face lift, love the mosaic.
Street artist Travis Price grew up in Dimboola and returned to create a fantastic mural near the town library reflecting the the history of the township and local area.
Aww how cute, a yapping foxy on a trick.😁
The Dimboola Antique Store was opened in 2021 by Jo and Bruce Donnelly and has a variety of antiques and collectibles plus a private collection of vintage telephones, crystal set radios, nixie clocks, test equipment, tektites, meteorites plus other interesting items for all ages, even Des found some old relics from his Telstra days as a lines men.
This gramophone still carries the scars from a recent house fire but was saved by Bruce who restored to its original condition with amazing results, right down to the little man dancing.
The restored Gramaphone still bares the scars from the fire but it now works like a dream, I t’s soo cool.
The Dimboola former National Bank building, constructed in 1909 in Renaissance-style architectures that has since been brought to life with this Imaginarium, gift shop that’s now full of many gifts and trinkets that are really different.
My grandson Hamish text me to see what I was doing, just having a port in bed, thanks Des.
Friday and it’s time to leave but then a camper told us about a festival that’s in Dimboola this weekend so we head to town to find out more info.
20250406 What an amazing experience, we are so proud of our little man Hamish after being excepted to be part of a high level U12 squad to travel to Spain to participate in the MICFootball Tournament. (Costa Brava, Barcelona). MICFootball is one of the most prestigious youth football tournaments in the world that’s been running for over 20 years. Many of the highest quality and well known clubs from around the world participate in this tournament every year. Teams such as FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Liverpool FC and Bayern Munich just to name a few and now that day has finally arrived and we are all very excited. Des prepared us a late lunch, his famous prawn cutlets that we pigged out on before heading to the airport, we had a clear run all the way and arrived in ample time so after our goodbyes we watched as Des drove off until he returns in three weeks to pick us up. Des drops us off and with our suit case in tow we head inside to check in our luggage, let the fun begin. F...
20240911 On our way towards Tamworth, we heard there rain heading our way so our aim is to park at the lookout in Moonbi that has solid ground. The wood has been stripped around the camp site so I walked deeper into the bush and returned with a bag, there’s no stopping me when it comes to my fires. Des prepared dinner while I set up the fire, we had dinner then sat around my nice fire while sitting under the nights stars and enjoying a few ales. We had a new camper turn up today and camped just in front of us with his little Jack Russell Dog who came for a visit and took a liking to Des. The Moonbi Lookout, Perched on a huge granite outcrop at an elevation of 754m (2,473ft) above the sea level. The View overlooking the valley below, stunning. The Moonbi Lookout is off the New England highway then follow the Lookout Road to the car park at the top where there is plenty of room for overnight parking. When camping at the lookout follow the track and check out the old stone built amenities...
20240909 We left Narrabri looking for Gin’s Leap rest area that’s apparently is on the highway and I have no doubt there will be lots of traffic noise. OMG! We just passed a fox sitting on the edge of the road that looked like a lost puppy, or it had a full belly from pigging out on the dead carcass or maybe it was just watching the traffic go by. The road from Narrabri is a smooth drive, so far, as we search for a place to camp, when we spotted a road to the left so Des turned off and there in the middle of nowhere stood an old pub in the town of Baan Baa. W e asked if we could say the night, sure the young barmaid said, the meals looked delicious, they had my favourite crumbed lamb chops so thats me sorted for dinner. I walked the town and got some photos before retiring to the van for a nap while listening to the laughter coming from the Pub so later in the afternoon we cracked a beer, drank it then off to the pub we went. Des found his place at the bar. On opening the do...
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