...and i'm losing control on the downhills
getting closed to the great dividing range and the hills have started with the Warrumbungles - they have some great names over here - and the Tigger Rig is really living up to its name. Its like the front seat on a roller coaster - 3rd gear up some of the crawler lanes, a few seconds pause while the back of the train catches up then 3 1/2 tonnes pushing you back down the other side, and when the road surface is a bit rough it definitely gets bouncy. And these are just the baby foothills - should hit the real ones tomorrow and thursday then down to the Pacific around the Gold Coast
Its been interesting seeing some of the interior that we may have missed otherwise - they are very proud of what they have here, even if its just a rock it warrants a signpost. And they know full well its not even a big rock by Oz standards.
And as for the sculptures...
the Giant Gallah at Kimba (downloaded picture - wasn't worth stopping)
We've seen a bit of real wildlife, both alive (Lots of emus, goats and a big eagle on some roadkill on the verge as we drove past that just gave us that "what are you looking at?" stare) and dead ('roos, emus, goats and a cow - bet that made a dent in whatever hit it). We're now supposed to be in drop bear country so keeping one eye skywards for those
As you can see by the frequency of posts internet access on the road is variable - if we can find a McDonalds we get some, but this is from Gunnedah library and is the best we've had in a long time
getting closed to the great dividing range and the hills have started with the Warrumbungles - they have some great names over here - and the Tigger Rig is really living up to its name. Its like the front seat on a roller coaster - 3rd gear up some of the crawler lanes, a few seconds pause while the back of the train catches up then 3 1/2 tonnes pushing you back down the other side, and when the road surface is a bit rough it definitely gets bouncy. And these are just the baby foothills - should hit the real ones tomorrow and thursday then down to the Pacific around the Gold Coast
Its been interesting seeing some of the interior that we may have missed otherwise - they are very proud of what they have here, even if its just a rock it warrants a signpost. And they know full well its not even a big rock by Oz standards.
And as for the sculptures...
the Giant Gallah at Kimba (downloaded picture - wasn't worth stopping)
We've seen a bit of real wildlife, both alive (Lots of emus, goats and a big eagle on some roadkill on the verge as we drove past that just gave us that "what are you looking at?" stare) and dead ('roos, emus, goats and a cow - bet that made a dent in whatever hit it). We're now supposed to be in drop bear country so keeping one eye skywards for those
As you can see by the frequency of posts internet access on the road is variable - if we can find a McDonalds we get some, but this is from Gunnedah library and is the best we've had in a long time
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