AT LAST.................Another post.

 Last year we had several trips to Sydney to sort things for my younger brother, but we took one holiday in early November just for us.

It involved seeing friends in Bathurst & Orange at the start of the trip, so I am going to show a small selection of photos from a day out to Hill End & Sofala, old gold mining towns from our early days of settlement here in Oz.

An old church we saw along the way.

More old buildings and I was taking these through the window, as it drizzled for some time during the morning.

Once we reached Hill End, it was lovely to see the kangaroos roaming about freely.

Also, a naughty goat trying to eat the leaves from a tree.
We know that too well, as many, many years ago we had a pet goat called William.
He loved the leaves on our huge cherry tree.

Second town for the day was Sofala, where we browsed all sorts of odd places,
including a vintage bric a brac shop, along with a few fascinating other places.

In the said shop, we had a good laugh at this and later in the week DH said he wished we'd bought it for fun.

Couldn't help but notice this.  What people think up is amazing.

I've always been amused by this name we see quite often on old buildings.

Next, while wandering we saw this old car.

OH.................and what could I see lurking behind the tree...........a Morris Minor.
We just had to investigate further.

A bit of fun with this lovely old panel van
and 
below as well.

Wandering further along we did have a giggle at these mocked up loos as chairs.
So much imagination on someone's part.

Does anyone remember what these are.
If you do I expect you are of my vintage. 😉
A silent cop.

The shed full of wonderful memories for many.

Ooh, who is this loitering along the lane.

Captured!!!!!!!

As everyone knows, I love all the murals we see these days, and this is definitely a good one.

Clicking on any of the photos will bring them up full size so you can see more.  This has taken way longer than I intended, so hopefully tomorrow I can get to the next part of our trip and show the Lachlan Valley Sculpture Trail, then lots more to follow through next week too.

Have been sewing a little until my gorgeous Bernina had a hissy fit and had to be fixed, but I did finish this for myself.

A sewing caddy I made to keep over the arm of the lounge I sit on of a night.

I'll leave it at that for now and hopefully post again tomorrow afternoon, after Car Club meeting.             It's been hot again today around 30° so an easy tea tonight of salmon & veg.  

Take care all and thanks if you are still following.

Hugs from Susan.

ADELAIDE TRIP - Part Two.

 Apologies to all.  I am trying to leave comments on the blogs I follow, but some won't take and then replies to me come back through my email as subsystem errors, so I am completely frustrated & getting somewhat disheartened, but will try and keep up.

Back again after such a long spell away from blogging.  It's been hectic since we got back with all sorts, me not sleeping well, cataracts forming on both eyes, which isn't helping with sewing etc., medical appointments, keeping up to date with little brothers NDIS stuff and another quick trip away.  That little one should also be blogged about too, soon.

Let's see what else we saw on our trip in September.  After a great night at the Quilt Trunk Show, we opted to head out to Victor Harbour on the Saturday and to our surprise...................it was their Rock'n'Roll weekend.  Arriving, and not knowing what was happening to start with, meant finding a parking spot was hard and then, we noticed what was happening.  To cut a long story short, there was also a vintage/veteran car display too.  A few photos follow of this lovely little town and yes we have been there with the kids a long time ago.

All sorts of cars and this was only a small sample of what was there.

A couple from my childhood and teenage years.

OH!!!!!!!  I remember these well as it was my first car when I was about 17 1/2.
Nearly the same colour too. 😂

Some other attractions in Victor Harbour.

The gorgeous horse float that brings a gorgeous horse to town.

The horse drawn tram which travels all the way on the causeway to Granite Island.
We went on the older one many years ago.

There were also camel rides along the beach.

Stumps from the old causeway.

We also spotted a National Trust building and as we are members, explored and I can't remember exactly what it was originally and didn't take any photos telling me, did manage a few snaps.

Trim, Matthew Flinders cat, which I think most of us oldies have heard about. (giggle).

Part of the very pretty walkway.

Ooh.............and a quilt hanging on the wall.

And,  what!  a redback spider on the toilet seat.
Most Aussies will remember the song.

Sunday saw us head over to Lara's for morning tea, up in the beautiful hills of Adelaide.

Lara is one of the co-founders of the on-line digital magazine Make Modern & we have met before, but was great meeting her hubby and children too.

Next day saw us making our way to Mount Gambier for the night and here is what we saw at Kingston South East  on the way,  which will round up today's post.

The Big Lobster.

A carved fur seal.

The most unusual (if not gross) algae floating on the water in a small creek.

Beautiful reflection in the pond.

OK, still having trouble with blogger, not playing like it used to.

I'll leave it at that for today, publish this hoping there are no silly errors and see if anyone is still following me.  

Take care all and hugs from Susan.

ADELAIDE TRIP - PART ONE.

 We set off for Adelaide with van in tow and spent the first night in Horsham in the western districts of Victoria, but unfortunately I've no photos of this part of the trip.

After leaving Horsham the following morning, we headed for Bordertown to stop off to see if my friend Judy was home, but alas, no answer.  Next was a stop in Keith for lunch, then as we travelled on, a photo stop was found at Coonalpyn where there were some painted silos.

The silos and the best photo I could get from the edge of the road.

A little about these silos.

An old bank building, long disused I think.

A lovely little church in the middle of town, which is relatively small.

We finally arrived at the caravan park and had a little wander once we were set up.  Not a caravan park we've used before and it was right under the flight path from the airport, which was noisy during the day, and luckily they have a curfew , so no noise through the night.

On our meander, we found this enormous old Moreton Bay Fig, so photos were a must.  I remember as a child playing around the root systems of these trees in Centennial Park in Sydney, especially at my Dad's work Christmas picnics.

Hubby standing near the huge roots.

The sign near to the tree.

Some of the branches now lay on the ground.

The original homestead which is now used for holiday lets.

The next day before we needed to go to Glenelg for the quilt trunk show, which I was to attend at 7pm, we headed for the hills and opted for Gumeracha, where there is an almighty large rocking horse, toy factory and wildlife rescue park.  We had a lovely few hours and without boring you too much, some photos follow.  As you go into the park, you can purchase a small pack of animal pellets to feed the animals, so that was a must.

This beautiful little goat followed me for quite a while, then wandered off towards some children who had food too.  As I was walking further around the park, it suddenly ran across and accompanied me around to the exit gate.  It was so hard to get a good photo as he kept cuddling up and knocking the camera.  

Another lovely moment happened when I saw this little one laying behind the tree.  It looked up, noticed I had food, stood up, ate some then hung on to my little finger.  Oh so cute and these little ones made my day.

The large rocking horse at the entrance.

The above 3 photos are of the newly painted murals on the amenities blocks.

The signpost for places all over the world above and below are places in Australia.

You may need to click on these last 2 photos to read the names properly.

We left Gumeracha, headed for Glenelg, ate fish and chips in the mall area, as parts of the beach area were closed off due to some repair work, then I went to my trunk show by Jemima Flendt, which was great.  Hubby had a wander, then read a book till I came down and we went back to the van park.

Our first few days were good, the weather was fine and the next installment will be posted soon.

Take care all and hugs.

Susan.