Albury, New South Wales {Caravan Park}

We have changed states, we are finally in New South Wales and Justin tried to tell me it was already warmer {he has a thing about it being freezing all the time in Victoria}.  The caravan park we picked was right on the back side of Lake Hume, it wasn't close to town but it was perfect for us.

Great Aussie Holiday Park turned out to be an amazing spot and I can tell that during school holidays it would be packed as they have so many activities for the children to choose from, not to mention the play ground & water park.  We got a spot right next to the camp kitchen and they had the spot next to us saved for when my Dad arrived.

With no real plans other than catching up with some friends we pottered around and then headed into to town to have dinner with said friends.  It was a lovely evening, even if Lillie did sook at the door because she wasn't near any of us.  We made plans to catch up and have Phil as our tour guide before they joined us for dinner over the weekend at our place.

The next day, while we waited for Dad to arrive {and not knowing when to expect him} we decided to head back to Victoria and have a walk around Beechworth.  WOW what a lovely spot and I can see that it is another popular place. A spot of lunch and a look around the lolly shop {with a purchase or two} before heading back to the caravan park to see Dad.

Sunday was our 'Phil' day and Dad came along for the ride {our car was very full}.  We headed to meet Phil mid morning and he took us out for a look around Yackandada.  A lovely little town not far from Wodonga {yes Victoria again}.  We wander through the antique stores, the art shop and generally took in the buildings.

   

After exploring here we headed back to NSW to take a look at Hume Dam.  We walked along the wall and took in the town that was moved {it is right on the edge of the Dam even now, back then it would've been under it} and how well the dam was made in the 1930's/40's.  We all headed home before Phil, Jax and Hana joined us for dinner.

All too quickly it was time to move on and say goodbye to Dad.  It was lovely to have him with us for a few days.

x

Winning Station {Working}

Another year, another visit to Winning & more bib making for the Gymkarna!




What a difference 12 months and a heap of rain can make.  Our normal spot had to be cleaned up with a whipper snipper before we could even set up our camper, in the cool night.  The buffle grass was just so high, green and lush looking I didn't want to cut it down.

Justin had some new rooms to build, next to the finished bathroom from last year. The kids and I had to do schoolwork, as always. I had a great time taking pictures in the grass, of all the flowers that area around and of the abundance of butterflies around the place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The kids even got in some driving lessons from Aggie. They can actually drive reasonably well considering it was their first time.  Kaleb can start the car and drive through to second gear, alone and Kyla is getting better with the concentration whist steering the car.

 

 

They even drove us to check out how full the lake was.  I was more surprised than I expect, we couldn't even drive over the sand hill and down the other side.  It was that full!

 

We took a drive over the the old Marilla homestead for another look, having been two years since our last.  It to looked different with all the feed around, there was more cactus {which they are now trying hard to get rid of} and a few things missing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A sewing day saw 26 more competition bibs made for the gymkarna with help from Lorriane and Aunty Jenny.  It certainly made it much faster with all the help and was nice to have it finished in one whole day.

 

Even better than a day of sewing with wonderful woman was the plane ride over Winning to see how different it looked from the sky.  An amazing trip around the east side of the station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I even had a small walk around the tip, looking for some old cast iron baths that Kim had brought years ago. Four, old and amazing baths.  Can't wait to see one of them end up in their new bathroom when it is up and built.

 

Another plane ride, this time Kim took us to Glen Florrie for J to look at what is was that they wanted done.  After driving over their driveway I am so glad that he offered to take us, it really would've been a full day drive, especially on that 88km red dirt and super windy road.  I blinked and it was time to move on again.  We backed up in the early morning drizzle to head back to Mia Mia for J to do the work on the cottage.