HOLIDAY PART 2.

Picking up again from my previous holiday post, we made our way further north & stopped in Goondiwindi for lunch.  This is quite an interesting town, which I will show mainly in photos. It is in Queensland & sits on the northern side of the river that is the border between the 2 states (NSW & Qld).

                                                The beautiful hotel in the main street.

 

A very large sign with mileages (actually kilometres) to various towns in Australia.  There was a third side, that I just couldn't manage to take from anywhere.  You can see that we were already 1325kms from Melbourne.

A monument to one of Australia's famous race horses, named Gunsynd.

The bridge over the Macintyre River which is part of the border.

                                A little about the Macintyre River which gives more information.

One of the more recent flood markers.  

A lovely mural on a large concrete water tank beside the river, depicting 2 Brolgas, which are native birds.  As a child, at Christmas time, we would sing Australian Christmas Carols, one of which was Carol of the Birds. which begins - "Out on the plains the brolgas are dancing".  I love this song with words by John Wheeler & music by William G. James.

Lunch eaten & our little jaunt around town done, we went on our way & what did we see up ahead, but a bushfire.  Not sure whether it was maybe a controlled burn, as it so dry in the north & the fire season had started very early this year.  

Enough from me today for this post.  Another will come next week about the journey from Toowoomba to Forest Glen where we spent 9 lovely days with our family.

Friday sees a post on the Photo Scavenger Hunt, so till then,

take care & huggles,  Susan.