Glen Innes March 2014

March25^th, We said our “good-byes” to Terri, Patrick and Pixie and left Wallamba River Holiday Park, knowing that we were not coming back while the current Manageress was still there. We have enjoyed our stay with Terri and Patrick, fishing was lousy but the company was great. We decided to go to Glen Innes by a different route, after being told by other Caravaners in the Park. They had pointed out that the road through Walcha entailed 50 Klms of winding road through the Mountains, not great for towing a Caravan. We decided to then go up to Coffs Harbour, then out past Grafton to Glen Innes. We stopped in Coffs, did a little bit of Shopping and booked into the “Clog Barn” Caravan Park for the night.

March 26^th, it was a wet trip, rained all the way to Glen Innes and was very foggy up through the mountains. The road was good and we only had about 14 klms of windy road, so I knew we had made the right decision to come by this route. You know when you are travelling through “cow country” when they are let out to feed off the grass alongside the Highway and they do as they please. No “looking left and right” to cross the road, they just go! Luckily the rain had broken up when we reached Glen Innes and we were able to get set up at Fossickers Tourist Park, for our 6 night stay.

March 27^th, It rained all day but we couldn’t put off doing our washing any longer. We took it all to the laundry and had 2 full loads. The machines were well past their “use by date” and it took 2 cycles for each load and they still weren’t properly dried.

March 28^th, We drove into Town, checked out the Information Centre, did a bit of Shopping and I had a nice lunch at The Tattersals Hotel, in the main street. On our way back to the Park, we called into the RSL for a chardy and flutter, and went home a few dollars in front, thanks to a win Val had on Keno. After dinner I started with a dry little cough that I couldn’t stop and when I went to bed my head was filling up and I couldn’t get off to sleep. I felt so bad that I wasn’t game to go to sleep and I can’t ever recall having this before. I eventually found that if I lay on my stomach that I didn’t cough but it wasn’t comfortable, even without a pillow. Val woke up early for a toilet break and I sat up for a while and felt better. I did settle after that and get a few hours sleep.

March 29^th, This morning I woke up stuffed up in the head and had a bad chesty cough. We went down Town and found the Chemist shop closed so we picked up some tablets and mixtures from “Bi-Lo”. We had planned to go to The Australian Cattle Dog Trials tonight and the main event was a “State of Origin” challenge between the 6 best dogs from Queensland and NSW. Unfortunately I was not well enough to go so we had to give it a miss.

March 31^st, Today I was feeling the best since last Friday when this all started. Val has been waiting on me “hand and foot” and taking good care of me. This has been a lost “do nothing” week. I was certainly well enough to start packing up as tomorrow we move to Inverell