20160519 NSW Bingara, Inverell, Ashford, Millmerran to Pittsworth

20160519 Bingara is one of those great camp spots that you never want to leave, sitting beside the Gwydir River watching the bird life while downing a nice cold beer.
Des relaxing doing his word puzzle, how many books have you done this trip Des.
In between his word book he finds time to do his washing.
This is our favourite time of day, the camp ovens ready all the vegies and meat are cut up, a nice cold beer and wine now all we have to do it wait for the coals then on she go'es, stew for dinner, yummy.








21-05-2016 Camp oven stew one night then Jaffels on the coals the next night why would you want to leave this, but I am very keen to get home to see my little boys who are grown way too fast.

When we left on this trip Owen was just crawling and Ashford had all his teeth now he his lost 2 teeth and Owen is running around with his brothers causing havoc and driving Mum crazy, my how time fly's.















 Stopping at Inverell for a shower at the local garage then into town for a dirty old pie that Des has been hanging out for but then we saw counter meals at the Tatts Hotel for $15, and I'm so glad we did, a great meal. 

We've been to Inverell before so I don't have to bore you with any history but I spotted this wheel chair buggy when leaving and thought is was a worth a look.







I wanted to see the town of Ashford mainly because that’s my grandson’s name, and we keep missing it on other trips.  Ashford, is a tiny town which, due the changes in transportation, has been reduced to only a few shop’s left operating.  Many of the shops are closed and the Strand Theatre, once the centre of the village’s social life, no longer operates.

The town of Ashford now has a population of 570 and more are leaving all the time, so sad to see these once thriving town struggle.
The General Store when the town was thriving.
The store is now closed along with most of these shops.
The Strand Theatre in Ashford, once the entertainment of the town.














Well with not much to see in Ashford we left for Wells Crossing beside Severn River for the night.











22-05-2016 All the town's after Ashford we've explored before so there's no history details to bore you all with, thank god.  Des is anxious to catch some yabbies, that bloody Darrel with his big catch has poor Des envious so it's off to Millmerran to try his luck.
The Millmerran water take mural depicts the history of the town.








23-05-2016 Des headed out to check his pot and returned with a few tiny yabbies, very disappointing and he wouldn't brave a photo so I could show Darrel his poor catch, spoil sport.
Our camp spot over looking the creek with no yabbies. but we had a great fire and jaffels, potatoes and pumpkin in the coals, yum.










24-05-2016 Yippee! we are home would bound and I can hardly wait to see my grand children but first we stop to check out the town of Pittsworth.

Yep! it's just another town.
Des recons it's more like Leonie's world, cheeky bugger.












One more stop, and that would be the Alex for lunch before the dreaded task of unpacking and cleaning the house.

Signing Out
Location: Ashford NSW 2361, Australia

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

20250406 Brisbane, Dubai to Madrid

Image
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...
Read more

20240911 NSW Moonbi Lookout to Walcha, Aratula to Home

Image
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...
Read more

20250408 Spain Madrid 3

Image
20250408 It’s still the same day as we continue our walk along the streets of Madrid, the main homes are units, mainly because i t has almost 3.5 million  inhabitants and a metropolitan area  population of approximately 7 million. Madrid  began in the 9th century with the founding of a fortress named "Mayrit" by the Emir Muhammad of Córdoba, the city flourished under Arab rule but was later reconquered by Christians when it became part of the Kingdom of Castile. In 1561, Madrid was officially made the capital of Spain by King Philip III. C heck out these buildings they are so beautiful and unique and I did notice there are no cloths lines hanging outside, but don’t be deceived there’s a lot of little nooks and crannies hidden out the back of these buildings. Sharyn and Hamish were checking out another sports store when I noticed a heap of people outside of this restaurant, being me I went to investigate only to find out it’s the oldest restaurant in the world, dating back...
Read more