Fletcher: Today we had a sleep in and had breakfast, later on we went to the pool and we spent hours there. Then we went for a drive around town then came back. When we were in town we saw the fireman putting fire on the grass, this is called a controlled burn. We went to the war memorial because of the Japanese fighter planes that released bombs on Adelaide river. We had lunch at 5pm and then we had tea which was soup and toast.
We have decided to stay an extra day here so we booked for the night, you could easily stay here for so much longer as it is both beautiful and relaxing. The caretaker said 7 out of 10 bookings book for a night and then book for longer. It still amazes me that our best stops have been at roadhouses / truck stops, well apart from lake argyle but that pool is going to take a bit to beat. There was a market out the front of the BP which is on several days, incl Sat & Sun, there was only half a dozen stalls but it was lovely to go to. Fletcher who loves markets-not- decided that he wasn't coming so as it was on the same property we left him in the van with Bentley reading his new interest of That's Life magazines, not much to do on the road but raid the laundries for magazines so he has taken a liking to the stories, especially the ghost ones in each issue, I have to read the stories first to make sure they are suitable but he has learnt a lot about people from the mags and from the trip. He locked the door and had the phone set to dial and we took keys and the other phone, we got back and it was like we hadn't even gone, I'm thinking they grow up way too quickly and as Dan and I reminisced at the pool watching a baby in a floating circle that both our kids loved as babies its hard to believe he is 11 in a few weeks. We went to the pool and spent most of the afternoon there. Chatting to a few travellers, one from Nambucca heads where we were in September and loved, we got speaking to her husband as he had car trouble and Dan had a few things he could lend him, it turns out he lived in Frankston and worked just down the road from my parents house for 30 years and then when he moved he went to Somerville where I moved to out of home and I lived in a court and they lived on the main road my court was off, he walked past my house everyday for the 13 years he lived there. The other lady was from Nagambie and had moved there from Pakenham. It is such a small world and its best to be good as someone knows someone- that 6 degrees of separation. The 2 ladies at the pool had met in Alice Springs and have travelled behind each other for 6 weeks, a few weeks in one said they had a couple minding their house while they were travelling, the other lady said she knew a couple by that name, she had worked for them for 10 years and quit her job to retire and do this trip - yep the couple minding the ladies house was the other woman's boss -way too small a world!
We went for a drive to the war memorial, the most beautiful resting place for our soldiers, the gardens and lawns are manicured, it truly is beautiful. During World War 2 Adelaide River was a large military base with the 119 Australian General hospital and the main American Headquarters. The memorial was created for the service men and women who died on Australian soil during the war years and a large stone at the centre of the cemetery is a memorial to the missing. Such a sad place too as so many of the soldiers were so young. We drove out to the showgrounds which is also a caravan park that takes dogs, have you ever seen a showgrounds with a swimming pool? It was great, more expensive than our park and a bit dusty but still it was good if you wanted a bit of space. Did I mention our park is only $28 for the 4 of us, it is so cheap and considering it is such a well maintained park its fantastic. While out at the showgrounds we watched the fire brigade do a controlled burn of the hillside area behind the grounds, great to watch if that doesn't sound like I'm a fire bug, I just mean, to see them in action is unbelievable, setting the fire but in total control with water hoses, so experienced and I think most were volunteers but the others worth every cent they are paid with how they protect us. The amount of hawks circling above just waiting for the little creatures to escape the fires and they were swooping in and leaving with their dinner. So now to the bad mother bit and I knew one of the kids would print it, we didn't eat lunch till 5pm. We ate at 11.30 but as it wasn't lunchtime this obviously didn't count as lunch to my family, so at 5pm we ate and then again at 7.30, so before anyone calls child services, they had their 2 fruit and 5 vegies today just not at appropriate times! After it raining all night here it was hot and humid again today and we actually had the air con on a few times during the night as it didn't drop below 25 degrees. Come 5.30pm today it started raining again, it was sunny and hot but raining and its now 10.30 and is still raining and its still really hot.
Hi Guys,
ReplyDeletelooks like your having a great time, we are enjoying all the posts and we are really enjoying all the photos.
Looking forward to the next installments.
Safe travels From The Haas Family.
Hi Guys, glad you have had a read, looking forward to a catch up when we get back xx
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