Cassilis to Dunedoo

Yesterday we were in Cassilis about 250 kilometres from Newcastle which is about 300 kilometres from Sydney.  We found ourselves a little rest area near the local bowling club.  It was a very basic park but the scenery was just beautiful

Today we have moved to Dunedoo which is 90 kilometres North of Mudgee and 61 kilometres west of Dubbo in Central New South Wales. Dunedoo is set amongst the rolling hills and valleys striding the Talbragar River. A progressive country town, Dunedoo is the southern gateway to the Warrumbungles and is located at the junction of the Golden and Castlereagh Highways.

2011

Hi and finally we are back!  Had a great Christmas and New Year.  Followed Oprah's advice and went to Lindeman Island for a week. What a great place to holiday!!  Unfortunately 3 days after we left the cyclone went through and did some damage.  The Island was evacuated so we feel blessed that we had great weather.

The resort was all inclusive so we didn't need any money the entire time we were there on the island.  The children had all day drinks and snacks including ice-cream.  The food was great with a different theme each night.  Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner - what more could you want?

There was a swim up bar so you could enjoy your drinks by the pool

Inverell

   

We originally were going to stay for 2 days but eventually stayed for 7 nights.  One of the reasons we decided to stay was the towns south of here were being bombarded with wild weather and there were lots of road closures. The town of Glen Innes looks prosperous and they have extra wide streets. There are lots of beautiful parklands and because they have had  lots of rain this season it is the greenest it has been for a long time.  Keith will get to go fossicking next time around. It has been pouring all night and the gentle MacIntyre river is now a raging rapid river.  It happened so fast overnight and we move on towards Armidale today.

Glen Innes

The weather has cooled off a lot!  Glen Innes has Australia's Standing Stones a purpose built group of rocks that show true north, south, east & west and the winter and summer soltice.  The stones are a direct link between Glen Innes and Scotland.  They have a lot of Scottish history and tradition - they call Glen Inne region the Celtic Country.
The weekend after we were there they were hosting the Beardies festival. It is a local celebration of spring and gets its name from two of their early pioneers who had long flowing beards and helped new settlers in the 1840's.