Charleville

Today was us for a short drive to Charleville. The skies looked ominous, with heavy, rain-laden clouds abounding. The perennial pessimist noted that we could get flooded out on the roads, because look at all the flood levels. The eternal optimist scoffed at the idea and kept on driving.

Along the way, quite a few old man emus made themselves visible (now tell me you don't have that song in your head .. "let me tell you of an interview... with..."). With some luck and slowing down almost to a stop, we missed them. Dammit! Just kidding. Don't get your knickers in a twist.

So, whilst trying to placate the perennial pessimist, who wanted the headlights turned on, in the daylight, I happened upon a knob that I hadn't touched before. Today, I flicked it up. Nothing. Okay. Keep on driving 🚗. Then another set of emus made their way onto the road, so again I went to slow down.

Now, I've always prided myself on being fairly switched on, but obviously I've given myself waayyy too much credit! When I took my foot off the accelerator, it kept on going at the same speed. That's when I got my Eureka moment! I found out, to my eternal delight, that we have cruise control in the van!!!!! How good is that? And here I was thinking we should get it installed. So, that's my moment of stupid. Confessed! Forgiven?

Around 10.30am we arrived in the surprisingly delightful township of Charleville. It is the much, much richer cousin to Cunnamulla, with lots of 'open' shops (as in, not closed), structurally sound housing, delightful parks and plenty of places of interest to whet your appetite! A night or two might have to be had here!

On asking Google where the information centre was, we got directed to the Cosmos Centre - a bit like the planetarium in Melbourne. This destination apparently was correct until about 2018, but not any more, Mr Invasive Google! Get your facts right, would you? Stop sending us on wild goose chases, will you?

So we located Baileys Bar Caravan Park, and drove in to book a spot. I asked for a site with a view of the amenities block (- long story; one for another time) and was guided to the site by .... well, hello country bumpkin, how's the frost out on the pumpkin 🎃 🙄? I digress. Can't get that song out of my head! Bet you can't either! What do you mean? You don't know it???

Just across the road behind us are the Showgrounds and the Racecourse. It's Show Day here tomorrow (in capitals), so all the stalls are setting up with food, rides, and expectations of fun and frivolity abound. It's a public holiday here tomorrow (hence the capitals), so we'll try and get some different types of excitement into our lives. Wish us luck!Leia mais