Arrived in Moree

 So, here we are in Moree, setting up and unpacking for the next 6+ months.
It is Wednesday 12th.  Note that the dates and times are American.
Also, note that the newest posts are at the top.

In an effort to get me moving faster this morning, we decided that I would just get dressed and into the truck.  We stopped a little way down the road for breakfast.   It worked quite well but I wouldn't want to do it very often.  None of my body parts worked and I staggered along like a drunk!

The Warrumbungles looked magnificent in the early morning sunshine.   They have sharp peaks, smooth rounded tops, flat bits, pieces that look like turrets on a castle, hills that look like houses......  In the hazy sun, they looked as if they were painted onto the sky line.   The truck negotiated the hills very well, unlike the Toyota pulling the old van.

      For the first time, we saw cotton being harvested on one farm.   Perhaps the harvest was a little later than it normally is??  The road from Narrabri was littered with cotton, more than usual.  It just sits there, stuck to the grass.  That's sad for me ---- I like seeing these things move and take on human characteristics!!!

Lindy kept sending text messages, telling us to get a move on.   One message told us to come straight up to our usual site, without stopping at reception.  She arrived up here later with the girls, not telling them first that we were here, so there was a lot of yelling and squealing!  They have both grown a lot.  It's funny how kids always seem to grow, even though it's only 6 months since we last saw them! 

Our section of the park, the old part with the en suites, is quite full.  We haven't been to look at the rest of it yet.   As this is the last section to fill up, I imagine that the rest will be jam packed.

Time to swim!!!   The rest of the unpacking can wait.

Later

Wonderful, magic artesian water!!!    We started off in the 37C pool then had a short time in the 39C pool.  I then did a quick plunge into the cool pool to get the adrenalin flowing!!   The other swimmers thought that I was crazy as the outside temp was pretty cold!  Little do they know!!   The buzz that I get from the plunge from hot to cold is mind blowing and well worth the minor discomfort!!

We caught up with Neville (Lindy's husband and the skilful man who maintains the whole park), for a long talk.   He gave us all the news ---- the by-pass road is still unfinished, after many years; BigW is still a possibility (after many years);  Richard and Marion are running the kiosk again after their daughter found it too much, (we had a jubilant retirement dinner for Marion just before we left here last November!);  Steve, the author of a book about artesian pools, lost his wife to a heart attack a month ago.   They have stayed here in their van for the past year, with Steve going off on his Harley every so often, to explore more pools.   Steve said that she had had a severe heart attack about 8 years ago and was told that the next one would be her last.  The result of the autopsy showed no problems with the heart.  It was then handed over to the police for criminal investigation.  Steve is now in Western Australia where his wife was buried, trying to collect information from doctors about her heart.  (Or so the story goes.)

Tomorrow we will stock up the pantry, get books from the Library and do a tour around town (to see how many more houses have burnt down!)

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