Well, after a long break we're finally on
the road again, but just for a short while. Left home on Saturday 13th
September around 9:00 AM. We had thought of visiting Port Macquarie for a week
but a road friend invited us back to Condoblin & here we are.
We travelled via Muswellbrook & the
Golden Highway on the way West as , although 150K's longer, it is a much easier
trip across the range. Merriwa was our lunch stop, once again visiting our
favourite bakery & then onto Dunnedoo
for the night . The caravan park there is very casual, you pick your own
site &, as office hours are from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, someone comes around
& collects the cash. Bookout is 10:00 AM but of course you jut go when you
want to.
We arrived at Condo mid afternoon to a
couple of very surprised people as we had not said that we would definitely
come. The place we stay at is 3K's out of town at Gum Bend Lake, it is a free
spot with no time limit & no power but there is hot shower & water on
tap. When we arived there must have been 20 or so vans/motorhomes in the area
but still room for 20 more, it must get pretty crowded in summer. Did the usual
things setting up camp & then found that our fridge wouldn't work on gas
even though I had done a 24 hour test run at home, finally found the problem to
be the gas regulator, of course none available on Sunday so our friends lent us
a portable fridge/freezer that they have as a drink fridge. Monday, into town,
locate a new regulator & get the
fridge going. We have spent a quiet week here just relaxing, went to Ootha to
see the 'Utes in the paddock" display again, it has deteriated noticeably since our last visit. Wednesday
night we went to the local club for dinner & entertainment & today we went to Burcher for their
bi-annual 'Poppas in the Pines' festival
& markets.
Burcher is a very small farming community
& the displays centered on farming equipment. The major entertainment for
the day was various old tractors showing their ability to pull an ever
increasing load along a set path. Honestly, how many tractors can you watch. We
checked out the markets, mostly craft stuff, & visited the uninspiring food
stalls for lunch. We always look forward to the pickles, chutneys, cakes &
pies lovingly hand made by the locals. I had a small lemon meringue pie with
lunch which turned out to be a shop bought casing with commercially prepared
lemon filling & the meringue was home made & browned with a torch, I
took one bite & through it in the bin. The highlight of our day was
visiting the bush chapel. A bit hard to find as we were looking for a building,
but it turned out to be an open space with a large cross decorated with vines
& flowers. There were other varied displays similarly decorated & the
area had tree trunks split longitudinally for seats. The whole area gave one a
serene & peaceful feeling. The round trip from Condo was 130 K's along a
sealed but very bumpy country road so we were glad to get back 'home' that afternoon.
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| Burcher Hall |
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A few of the stands which were spread over a large area
with vans & campers in between |
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| Tractor display |
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| That looks a lot of work |
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| The great tractor pull |
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| Another tractor |
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| At the bush chapel |
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| Liz & Lulu walking down the isle |
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| Arriving at the cross |
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| The cross |
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