Day 6 Home at last

We were up early and headed off to surprise my mate Nancy and meet her new baby ( well almost new - 8 months old). We sure did surprise her. We had a couple of cups of coffee a good natter and played with her gorgeous boy. We headed off down the Hume and Chas indulged me and went via Glenrowan so I could take a picture of Eyeore with Ned Kelly. We had lunch at the Billy tea rooms - dad and daves as we call it. I had my usual - meat pie peas and chips - they have the best peas in the world, Chas had a devonshire tea and we hit the road again. We made Maneroo around 3 and Kisrty and Ty were home to greet us which was lovely.

Day 5 Lest We Forget.

Arrived at the Memorial as it opened at 10, found it reasonably easy - only did the state circle 3 times before we found the right exit across the bridge. we spent a lovely 4 hours wandering around. There were some new displays and I particularly enjoyed the 1945 and beyond displays which weren't open when we were there three years ago. We decided we would head to Yass for the night as there was nothing else we wanted to see in Canberra. We hit Yass at 3 and decided to try for Gundagai. We hit Gundy around 4 and decided to aim for Albury. We made Albury around 6.30 and found the Fountain Gate Motel and headed to the SSand A club across the road for tea.

Day 4 Just Chillin

We decided to have no plans, we enjoyed the space at the Carrington so much we opted for a chill day in Bungendore - with a short half hour trip to Braidwood. We did some circle work on the highway picking up a couple of signs that had blown out of a vehicle along the way. Did some washing and headed back to the George for tea, great meal. Hadl an early night and plan to head to Canberra tomorrow to see the War Memorial, then head toward home Thursday.

Day 3 Whose a happy boy then?

Hit the track early, Chas had a ball driving laps on the mountain - I had a nervous minute when he left me at the esses so I could take some pics of him on the track - but he came back for me. We checked out the National Motor Museum which was pretty cool. I was fascinated with the grafitti from some very famous race drivers in the loos - in fact I checked the door to make sure I was in the right loo. We hit the road again to Bungendore on one of the prettiest and steepest drives off the mountains. we made Bungendore just on 3 and headed straight to the antiques store to see if his chairs were still there. Miraculously there were 4 left - there were 6 three years ago. Deal done after some negotiating we set off to find a bed and some food. The bed proved easy - very lovely room at the Carrington with space to move and no wall beside the bed. Finding food however proved slightly more elusive. The Carringtons restaurant and bar were closed on a Monday night so we headed to the Harvest Royal for the $10 roast - recommended by everyone - mmmm sign on door closed tonight due to unforseen circumstances, we had a beer - no atmosphere at all, so we head to the Lake George - they don't do meals on Mondays but great atmosphere we had a great time and opted for toast and cold meat for tea back in the room. Not sure what the plans are today beyond breakfast.

Day 2 from the mountain

We hit the road early after a very noisy night thanks to the idiots next door. Headed to Parkes for a bite to eat then north to the "Dish". On the way back in we discovered a little known gem the antique tractor museum there is more machinery than I have ever seen in one place and a fantastic photo display of the building of the dish. The quality of the photos is amazing. We soon hit the road again to Orange where we spent some time exploring the antiques stores. Soon we were back on the road to Bathurst where we headed to check out Mt Panorama - tomorrow we will be driving "the track". After that we have no plans - we'll see where the day takes us.

Well our outback adventure began today. We hit the road early and had breakfast at Hay. We checked out Shear Outback - it was pretty cool - we watched a sheep being shorn and checked out the history of shearing. Then we spent half an hour checking out the Interment camp museum at the railway station - worth a look if you are there but otherwise wouldn't bother. We headed to Hillston - I had booked a room at the pub for two nights - but one look and I knew we wouldn't be hanging around - scary pub - dead town - took us 5 minutes to see what there was to see and we hit the road. We ended up in a little town called Condobolin - friendly people - not at all scary - nice pub with meals and a very nice motel across the road. The plan is to hit the road in the morning and spend some time at the dish in Parkes then we will spend the night in Bathurst so we can drive the track at mount Panorama, after that with two spare nights uo our sleeve we might end up anywhere.