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2014 0731 Next stop Lismore and we parked out of town and walked to the town center, were a bit over towns all we won't is a nice creek to park up on for a few days with a fire so we can try out our new camp oven. I just had get a photo posing under this street name and this old truck set up as a pie cart doing a roaring trade on fresh home made pies. We left Lismore and continued on through Casino (been there before) until we reached our next destination  "Breamer Park Rest Area" 28ks south of Casino and it's not a bad spot, a large reserve surrounded by bush land, yep this will do us for the night.  Des cooked salmon and veggies that night the we sat around a fire with a few drinks. 01-08-2014  Heading to Grafton for a shower then we heard about a Country Music Festival so we went to check it out, nop not for us we felt like the youngest ones amongst all the grey nomads so we promptly left.  Heading for the "Lollback Rest Area" sound...

20140729 Ye Ha! finally we have our new Motorhome and its ready to go and so are we.  We hit the road heading South to trial out our Winnebago in preparation for the big one next year. Des is like a big kid that's excited about his Xmas presents. Driving along highway 1 and I am still stuffed after a big fun Saturday night with many drinks, dancing and laughing with Karen and Doug then carried onto Sunday arvo at Shirley's place for way to many drinks till 3 in the morning, I'm getting way to old. We parked up for the night at Yelgum Rest Area off the highway near Billinudgel to a restless night sleep with trucks coming & going all bloody night but that didn't deter Des from wondering around the site in search of some grey nomads to chat and drink with while I was happy to lay in bed reading my book and catch up on some much needed sleep which was impossible with Des in and out of the van, I could have killed him. 30-07-2014  Waking to another l...

20130106 After a good night's sleep we continued on our journey stopping for a walk through Mudgee, known for its fine wine Mudgee has 40 wineries.    Mudgee: In the 19th century the area was a major gold mining area which also produced marble, pottery clay, shale and dolomite. The Regent Theatre in Mudgee was built in 1935 under the instructions of the architect Douglas Smith. The building was up for action but failed to sell. Merriwa: In 1939 a village was laid out and given the Aboriginal name of Merriwa - meaning grass seeds. The town slowly grew and in 1945 a post office was constructed followed by a school, churches and a courthouse.  Merriwa is really a town that road on the sheep's back, Bullock-drawn wagons with huge wool bales had been a common sight in the early days.   Glenn Innes:   The first settler was a Scotsman, who was lead to the area by two stockmen known...

20130104 Bathurst, Desie's old stomping ground and the stories came flooding out, he's such a storyteller.  Des on a bad hair day, he's going to kill me so no telling. Driving into Bathurst and the first think I spotted was a tall fence followed by a large entrance, I wonder what that is Des, but before we can stop to check it out we need to get fuel or we will end up walking. Arr it's a jail, I knew that-Built in 1888, the sandstone gateway, complete with Lions head and key typifies the architecture so prevalent of the 1800's.  Damage from riots forced the closure in 1974 however it reopened in 1982 & is now used to accommodate medium & minimum security prisoners, hence why the prisoners are all walking on the outside gardening.                      The town center of Bathurst and yes, more old buildings and churches, boring. 20130105 Time to check out the old...