Thread: All the way around Aus

Left Tamworth this morning and headed for a little town called Nundle just out of town where the old wool spinning mill is. It is free to see and very interesting, even a guy working the components more than willing to explain what he was doing and why, plus overall process. They had a shop with some beautiful stuff in it to buy , and I almost bought a jumper , but I already have a few packed and can't really fit another one in .

Across the road literally was the old mining cafe with an old working mine to walk through, with exhibits and plenty to read along the way . Took a photo of a very old press drill I thought a few may appreciate, plus an old mummified cat, probably the mother/father of most of the ferals we have these days . The town was the centre of a gold rush way back when.

I then travelled out of town a few kms to Hanging Rock lookout, you could see for miles, so I just sat and took it in for a while. Took another panoramic as I left.

Decided to stay at a free-stay overnight at Wallabadah, right next to the river amongst the river sheoaks, plenty of other grey nomads also here.

Scone tomorrow.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Left Tamworth this morning and headed for a little town called Nundle just out of town where the old wool spinning mill is. It is free to see and very interesting, even a guy working the components more than willing to explain what he was doing and why, plus overall process. They had a shop with some beautiful stuff in it to buy , and I almost bought a jumper , but I already have a few packed and can't really fit another one in .

Across the road literally was the old mining cafe with an old working mine to walk through, with exhibits and plenty to read along the way . Took a photo of a very old press drill I thought a few may appreciate, plus an old mummified cat, probably the mother/father of most of the ferals we have these days . The town was the centre of a gold rush way back when.

I then travelled out of town a few kms to Hanging Rock lookout, you could see for miles, so I just sat and took it in for a while. Took another panoramic as I left.


Decided to stay at a free-stay overnight at Wallabadah, right next to the river amongst the river sheoaks, plenty of other grey nomads also here.

Scone tomorrow.

hi neal,
sooo... you had a picnic at hanging rock............mmmmm should make a movie
out of that sorry couldn't resist that....
sorry to have missed you on your way through armidale
but i had only just seen your thread yesterday,maybe next time
you would be more than welcome anytime
take care and keep safe.....
p.s. you must be the only traveler that didn't take a photo
of the big guitar
cheers smiife

Well just spent a couple of days at Scone with Aworka (Alan) whom I also knew from Q-Turn. Spent many enjoyable hours just yakking about timber, turning and pens . Then I discovered he also makes hand made fishing rods, something I touched on in my younger years, but I felt a bit embarrassed with my multi segmental folding rod I'm currently travelling with .

Thanks for the hospitality Alan

Now at Sandy Hollow for a Camp-out, a get together of 56 slide on campers by the same maker as mine (he has 2 models), a yearly event held at different locations each year. Starts tomorrow, but there are already 6 other campers here, ends Sunday but I am here till Monday. Pretty hot here, but hopefully the nights will still be cold.

Cheers

A handy looking dog there, mate, brings back golden memories, Bill.

Hey Neil, everything holding up ok, nothing come loose or fallen off along the way , nearly a week now hehe, Enjoy the Hunter,and stay away from the liquid grapes cheers ~ John

Enjoying your updates Neil.
At the rate you are going, this thread will end up being huge, you are up to 4 pages already, and the journey has just begun, as they say.
Take plenty of photos, drive carefully, and have heaps of fun.

Alan...

Originally Posted by gawdelpus

Hey Neil, everything holding up ok, nothing come loose or fallen off along the way....

Nothing yet, touch wood, all holding firm. Although I did find the microwave door needed a bungie on it to keep it shut, lucky nothing fell out.

Alan did suggest I invert my trailer axle, ie put it under the springs rather then over as it is now, which will give me another 4" of clearance under the trailer. Great idea, not sure now why mechanic didn't do that when he installed the bigger axle/wheels, I had to do some panel beating to the wheel guards to avoid clashing. I'll just have to wait until I have access to someone with some decent jacks/stands to put under trailer, hmm 's sure to have heaps, even a fork lift .

Not sure if Robbos forklift would be strong enough to lift the weight you have

Originally Posted by Jim Carroll

Not sure if Robbos forklift would be strong enough to lift the weight you have

Should be okay when he gets out if it

Cheeky

Ok here are some shots from the Camper-out. Bit hard to photograph 57 (so far, some still due tomorrow) spread out, so did 3 panoramics
camper group1.jpg camper group2.jpg camper group3.jpg

plus another panoramic of the group after the official welcome,
group shot.jpg

and one of the escarpment behind the camping ground with a lookout (if you are into a long walk/hike).
hill.jpg

Looks like a gathering of butterflies.

Well most left yesterday, but myself and a dozen or so stragglers left this morning. I headed out via the Bylong Valley Way, a sealed road adjacent to Wollemi National Park. It has huge sandstone escarpments, winding rivers and green valleys, so very pleasant driving especially with the cool change that came through). Shame my legs aren't up to climbing anymore, I'd love to explore the escarpment, there looked to be heaps of caves.

Heaps of traffic on this back road though, mainly petrol heads returning from Bathurst . I ended up just passing through Bathurst, looked like the town was spent after a heavy weekend . Now stopped for at least one night at Cowra at roadside stop just before town.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

I'll just have to wait until I have access to someone with some decent jacks/stands to put under trailer, hmm 's sure to have heaps, even a fork lift .

Originally Posted by Jim Carroll

Not sure if Robbos forklift would be strong enough to lift the weight you have

Dunno about 's f/lift but my crane will lift it clean and have trestles that will take the weight

Sounds like I might have a few options for the trailer

Spent the morning sight seeing in Cowra this morning. The info centre that has a fair bit on the town's history and the prison camp, then I visited the Japanese garden, and finally the world peace bell (replica) in town

jap bell e.jpg jap garden1.jpg jap garden2.jpg jap garden3.jpg World Piece Bell e.jpg

Now at Young after spending a while at the info centre and the fudge shop . Might have to miss dinner to make up for pigging out