Day 27 Sunday 4/6/2023 Inverell to Tabulam, 9 – 21 rain threatening, rain. We must cross the Great Dividing Range today. We follow the ridge east. It must be windy around here as there are a host of wind turbines. … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 27 – Giddy Up
Day 26, Saturday 3/6/2023 Inverell, 8 – 20, feels warmer Woody walks, finds more clothes to wash and shops, while I snore. It’s a warm sunny morning and although we are near a road bridge there was no traffic noise … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 26 – Bubbles and a Top Barista
Day 25, Friday 2/6/2023, Gravesend to Inverell, 6 – 22 Sunny It’s a bright clear morning as we farewell Gravesend. It’s funny how the small towns always leave a greater impression on us. This is undulating country, brown paddocks, low … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 25 – Cranky Rocks & Autumn Leaves
Day 24 Thursday 1/6/2023 Narrabri to Gravesend, sunny 7 – 22 It’s a warm morning, though I’m sure the locals think it’s cold and wintry. We’re heading north on the Newell Highway once more. The road is patchy and there … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 24 – The Gravo
Day 23 Wednesday 31/5/2023, Narrabri, 4 – 21 cloudy We farewell Vee who is off to Bingara. Woody walks into town. We girls drive to the shops as VeeWee needs a prescription filled. After a long wait, she must return … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 23 – Don’t you feel the cold?
Day 22 Tuesday 30/5/2023, Narrabri, sunny 2 – 21 It’s another bright and clear morning. While Woody strides off to town, I do some washing, and cleaning, and post a couple of blogs. As I walk out of the amenities … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 22 – You can’t trust an aerobatic sausage
Day 21 Monday 29/5/2023, Narrabri, pleasant 2 – 20 A group of disabled kids are having riding lessons in the stables area today. Woody takes another walk into town, we pick him up and drive out to the CSIRO radio telescope array, 22 kms out of town. These 5 gargantuan dishes are each 22 metres in diameter and move along 3 kilometres of rail track. There’s another one located a few kilometres away. The official name is the Australian Telescope Compact Array. What do they do? Well, this is where it gets really interesting. though Woody, Elle and VeeWee would … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 21 -Heavens Above!
Day 20 Sunday 28/5/2023, Narrabri, sunny 1 – 16 Flies, bush flies as quick as we kill them more are zooming in. Woody walks into town to keep his kilometre count up, VeeWee clips little Nic and a magpie hangs around for crumbs. On the downside, the espresso machine has developed a continence issue. We have a totally lazy day, reading in the sun, except for VeeWee who washes the motor home. We hear from Mrs. Have a Chat, she’s made it home safely. Dinner is a prawn yellow curry. Accom: $17.85 Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 20 – Grooming on the road
Day 19 Saturday 27/5/2023, Narrabri, sunny zero to 18 Dad’s talking clock woke us in the wee hours. “Beep, beep, beep the indoor temperature is 0.8 degrees, the outdoor temperature (heaven knows how she knows that as there’s no outside … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 19 – Pacing Ourselves
Day 18 Friday 26/5/2023 Narrabri, windy cool 7 – 16 It was a windy night and we were up at 3:00am checking the awning. Dark clouds skirt us heading east. It’s nice to know that we have a few days … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 18 – Welcome Betty!
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