Wayne and Tracy's Travels: May 2018

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

We moved to the other side of Nelson Bay, to Lemon Tree Passage. We had a beautiful site, on the water front (which we paid a bit extra for) and for two days we had lovely weather, Wayne went fishing and it was lovely. Then, the weather changed........ 5 days of cold winds and rain.......... and a leaking window in the van!!!!!!

We spent some time trying to find a caravan repair place that could fit us in, and eventually we found one - in Canberra. So, we are zooming to Canberra to get the van resealed and then, hopefully we will be right (and dry).

It has turned quite chilly, but loving the colours of the leaves and nip in the air!!!

We headed to Peak Hill and had a look at the old gold mine, didn't find any gold, then we stopped at Parkes and visited the Dish, didn't receive any alien contact so we headed to Cowra. The country is so dry, but plenty of sheep, cows and horses around, so they must be eating something!!

Cowra is a interesting place. Lots of war history, including an old prison camp site and memorials. We went out to the Wyangala dam, and although it is very low, it is beautiful.

Now, off to Canberra (Brrrrrrrr!!!!!)

Lemon Tree Passage (before the blizzard!!!)

Peak Hill gold mine

digging for gold :]

The Dish

Wyangala Dam

Old prison site, Cowra

Entrance to prison cemetery, Cowra

Lovely....

Thursday, 3 May 2018

After Stroud, we headed to Dungog, Gresford and then Singleton. Beautiful countryside and lovely little towns. The Dungog showgrounds we on the side of a mountain, so that was interesting... Gresford Showgrounds are beside a river with dairy cattle grazing all around. Really pretty and relaxing.

Singleton was fun. The day we arrived a fellow caravanner arrived in a bit of a panic. Unhitched in a hurry, threw the dog in the van and ran over to us to let us know he was taking his wife to the hospital as she was not well and could we let the caretaker know. We offered to look after the dog (who was barking in the van). Long story short, we puppy sat for a week (during the day) and Karen has phenomena and septicemia. Karen is on the mend and we loved having Scruffy for the week. He was a very well behaved little man.

We went for a drive to Lake St Clair (Singleton, not Tas) and it was really pretty. You can camp at the lake, but the caretaker was very rude, and it was quite expensive. You can drive around the campsite, but if you stop the car they will charge you a fee!!!! Very nice place though.....

On Saturday we were lucky enough to fluke the Singleton Rodeo. As we were already at the showground, we got in for free, and didn't have the hassle of finding a park. It was a fun day and night and luckily for us oldies, it was all over by midnight!!!!

We are now at Nelsons Bay, Port Stephens. Very pretty place and nice to be back at the coast. All the caravan parks are now in 'off peak' so cheap deals and the parks are nearly empty!!!! We will be moving to the other side of the bay next week to Lemon Tree Passage which is right on the river and looks good for fishing!!!