Tuesday
A very interesting day. Firstly we stopped at Normanton railway station which is both a museum and functioning railway station. Managed to get a real cappuchino from the kiosk then waited for half an hour and saw the Gulflander arrive, having taken a trip out to Critters Siding and back -- named Critters Siding because one of the workman went out into the bush for a squat and got bitten on the bum by a scorpion.
Stopped at Blackbull Siding for lunch then 20 kms out of Crydon for fire wood.
Getting back into the car Ruth informed me she had chest pain and pain in her left arm!!!!!
By the time we got to Croydon and found the hospital all the pain was gone -- a quick ECG was normal as expected so it was an asprin and lie down.
Ian has got a "cold" and looks and feels terrible whilst the rest of us are fit and healthy. The photo is to prove all are still "alive" at the time of the happy hour.
Prior to this, those who were still upstanding toured the 'HERITAGE PRECINCT' -amazing amount of work has gone into preserving and restoring buildings etc. Fantastic metal 'carvings' throughout the park and Information Centre.
Wednesday:
Revisited the information centre, which was open today, and watched a video on the history of Croydon, then Sandra bought a fresh bun which had arrived on a truck this morning. Slight problem with that as Sandra cut the bun into 12 pieces so the six of us could have 3 pieces each!!!!!--she says a 'blonde moment'.
Went out to Lake Belmore for a picnic lunch and a fish for a Barra - lunch was perfect. Very nice spot but lake only 50% full and not a lot of green grass.The smell of rotting pigs along from the picnic spot was a bit off putting but the shire workers were bringing out a front- end loader to remove them. On the way back called into the working mine museum -wasn't working as they needed someone with the appropriate 'ticket'. They had an original miners house (see photo)
made of sheet iron, which was so hot in summer they had to cover the kids in wet blankets at night, to get them to sleep. Then called into the oldest general store in Australia,for an ice cream, a few souvenirs, a hat for Ruth and an abacus for Sandy.
made of sheet iron, which was so hot in summer they had to cover the kids in wet blankets at night, to get them to sleep. Then called into the oldest general store in Australia,for an ice cream, a few souvenirs, a hat for Ruth and an abacus for Sandy.
This evening we are (except Barry) going for a half hour ride on the Gulflander out to a station and back, then dinner at the pub.
Story for you Paul--took out the air cleaner at Mt Isa and removed a shovel full of grit and dust, which was strange as we hadn't been on many gravel roads that weren't wet-put it back in and was surprised 30 kms later to see the 'air filter blocked ' light come on. So changed to the new one and tried again at the next stop to bang the old one again and got the other half of a shovel full out . Barry cleaned his and got another shovel full out of his!!!!!!
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