Skip to main content

Wardell to Stroud Via Kempsey


Hi lovelies,

What a wonderful couple of days we have had.  

On our last day in Wardell we did some fishing, and reading, and all was back right again in the world.


Robbie caught 2 catfish, and I am thankful that he decided to toss them back.  I have never eaten it, and not sure I want to begin now.  😊


We left Wardell on Monday and headed to Kempsey.  It was a lovely drive.  Saw these little cuties when we stopped for morning tea.




We camped at the showgrounds, and the site was lovely.

 
In the afternoon we took a walk into town
 

 and along the Macleay River. 




 It was teaming with ducks and geese.  

 
 It was such a lovely wander around.  We picked up some sustenance at Coles and then walked back. 
On the way we saw this gorgeous skater boy at the park.


Tuesday morning we headed for Stroud.  It was good to be back where we our travels were interrupted in March.   


We were blessed to have the same campsite as last time and we quickly set up, and went for a walk into town to visit the post office where we were lucky to see this lovely.

 
Back to the van for an afternoon nap and read and chill out.  There was a lot of birds around, but none close enough to get a close up shot.


This morning it was chilly.  Perhaps still not chilly enough for shoes, but that might be because I had my tooties in front of the heater.

 
We stayed in the van for a bit and then took a trip to see a house at Girvan Estate.  This is the tallest privately owned home in Australia. 


 It has been sold since the website we got the info from was written and it is no longer open to the public.  It is a pretty amazing building, with 10 floors.  The view from the rooms would be incredible.



We then drove back into Stroud, finding these roadside friends on the way.




We did wonder if there was a skeleton themed thing going at one stage.

At Stroud we ventured up to Silo Hill.  The history for this is really interesting, and while you can no longer see inside the underground silos, it must have been amazing in it’s day.  We asked at the local info centre as to how they got the grain out, alas the lady did not know, we are none the wiser at present.  
The brick squares are the silo tops.  There are 2 sets of 4.  Only one is open so you can see in it, but nature as decided that it is a great place for a fernery.



There are also a couple of cannons at the site, which were made in England and brought out here.


It as then back to the van, another afternoon nap.

Not done this for a while, but here are the "what flower is this" picture.

 
It is cool again tonight and we already have the heater on.  I am thankful that we collected the doona on our last trip home.
All for tonight lovelies.
Stay safe and keep enjoying life.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A magical day at Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers

Today was our planned helicopter ride to see the glacier and have a snow landing.    We were a tad worried as the weather report the night before was not all that encouraging.    We had a bit of a slow start and checked in at the flight desk at 10am as requested.     The advice was, the flight would go ahead - however with the changing weather conditions the snow landing would be determined on a minute by minute basis.    If the landing was scrapped we would have additional flight time added to keep our trip to the same length.    Honestly we were just happy to be able to take off. Safety briefing done, the loading crew led us to the helipads.    They were pretty cool.    Looked a little like landing pads for space craft.    The pads are made from the rocks that make up a large part of the landscape of the area.     We were given our assigned seats and Thomas (our pilot) got us sorted and...
Post a Comment
Read more

New South Wales Adventure - Armidale

We today we ventured about Armidale on foot. We started at the markets having a look see at what they had at the farmers market. A few marketers so not much to see today really. Off we walked around town to see the historical sights. Lots of old buildings from the early days.  In Armidale 100 years ago you had a choice of 21 Hotels!! Today there are 9. Sorry beer lovers. The original Bank of NSW  These guys had a 4 displays of miniature figurines- really cool Baptist Church  Lots of churches within cooee of each other ; Catholic, C of E, Pressy, and Baptist. Lovely old buildings to be admired. Catholic Church grounds - Large area. Home to the St Ursuline Convent Pressy Church Town Hall Court House This Celtic cross was erected to commemorate the first Christian service held here in 1845. A walk through Central Park we came across some structures to commemorate efforts of soldiers in wars. Bore war memorial band ro...
1 comment
Read more

Three days in the snow.

Hi lovelies, We have had the most amazing 3 days at the Perisher Valley Snowfields. Warning this is a very text heavy post.  Photos are limited, you cannot take many while you ski/board.  Robbie will have a video soon. On Monday we headed up just for a drive and to see what was around.   The day was perfect.   Not too windy and bright and sunny. We parked at Bullock Flats and caught the Skitube to Perisher.   This is really the best way to get there.   Nice highway all the way, and while the train is a little expensive at $55.00 per head return it is preferable to an extra hour drive on roads that may be a little less than ideal.   There is also only limited parking at Perisher so the train is the way to go.   We had a bit of a look around Perisher before heading off to Blue Cow, again by Skitube. It was so lovely to wander around.      We were thankful that we hired boots as it wa...
1 comment
Read more