St George Qld July 13, 2015
Bit of a tedious drive up the main highway through traffic and drizzle right up to Moree, where we gratefully hung a left and headed up a secondary highway to St George. It’s fabulous country, big flat expanses of green fields which looked like they were growing canola and then further up cotton.
Thankfully Judy had booked ahead some time ago as there is a country music festival in town and the (only decent looking) van park was fully booked. St George is a nice looking town on the banks of the Barone River, kept at reasonable levels by the Jack Taylor weir. There isn't a lot to do here, it was all I could do to keep a straight and polite face as the nice lady at the info place was waxing lyrical about the emu-egg carving at the local guns / ammo / emu egg carving gallery. Another option is a visit to a winery, which we are saving for tomorrow, and a 95km round trip self-drive tour of the cotton fields, which we might give a miss.
To fill in a few minutes, we went and checked out the aforementioned Jack Taylor weir, before retiring to the van for a wine and bikkie.
On another bright note, we finally have made it to a place in Australia where there is a big yellow ball in the sky, and while not exactly hot, it’s not freezing / grey / raining either, so it gets our tick of approval.
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| Exposed gum. Barone River, St George Qld |
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| Jack taylor Weir. Barone River, St George Qld |
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| Judy and Ford. Barone River, St George Qld |
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| Barone River, St George Qld |
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