Pause, rewind and start again... take 2!

After travelling from Iluka back home (well, to Mitchell's place because we don't have a home available to us at the moment), then drove to Queanbeyan and onto Crookwell for Dad's funeral before returning back to Murwillumbah. Funerals are always difficult but it was a beautiful celebration of life - all 90 years of it. This detour to our travels has not been included in my travel blog.

So, we return to where we left off - back to Coffs Harbour attending to a few small warranty items on the van and some housekeeping like getting a haircut and our flu shots. Leaving Coffs, we head west to Glen Innes. Brad was a bit tentative about driving up the range, particularly as it was raining when we left, but it stayed dry enough and we arrived in Glen Innes incident free.

Glen Innes is looking lovely with autumn foliage (and noticeably cooler temperatures). After setting up at the showgrounds we rode to the Standing Stones - a tribute to the Celtic history of the area. Looks as if it should be ancient but is only 30 odd years old. Also some lovely views over Glen Innes.

Next day we checked out the Land of the Beardies Historical Museum. The building was the old hospital and they had some excellent displays in themed rooms (communication, agriculture, hospital etc.) The area is called Beardies either because a couple of men discovered the area happened to have long beards, or perhaps the local fish of the area resembles catfish and is known as a beardie, or maybe because the area was settled by Scottish who brought their bearded collie sheepdogs with them. We then did a heritage walk around the town as Glen Innes has many historic buildings.

Final day in Glen Innes, after lunch at the Central Hotel, we checked out the balancing rock and Stonehenge Recreational Area (lots of Granite boulders) before finishing our day with a visit to the Super Strawberry for afternoon tea. Tomorrow we move onto Narrabri.Read more