"THE LEYLAND SISTERS": AGNES WATER, 1770 AND ROUND HILL

SUN 24.7 – TUES 26.7.11: Kevin Grealy suggested we visit Agnes Water, 1770 and Round Hill. On the way to Agnes Water we stopped at the Strawberry Factory – felt like “Charlie and Boots”, $5.00 for a large tray of strawberries – only saving grace was that we were not passing any quarantine areas! Charlie (Carole) has quit on them, Boots (Sybil) is still munching her way through the tray. Pulled into the Discovery Eco-Friendly park at Agnes Water and were promptly advised of the 50 DON’TS whilst staying at the park. Plus there was a $20 per dog deposit for anti-social behaviour. This included barking at anything beyond people approaching your immediate area. The code of behaviour was somewhat vague – we were unsure if the dogs would even receive three warnings!

1770

Spent most of our time at 1770, an area discovered by Captain Cook. Found a lovely park where the dogs could play, humans could fish, have a barbecue and watch the sun set. YES, we caught fish! Highlights included:

Sybil realising that the handbrake needs to be off, and foot on the brake before putting the vehicle into drive (thought the gear box had crashed).

At 1770 taking forever to park whilst being glared at by a family dining at the café. Humans and dogs exited the vehicle only to note that we had parked in a v-e-r-y, v-e-r-y faded designated Disability Parking area. We moved!

9.00pm (still haven’t adopted the caravanning dining ethic), cooking tea and the fire alarm went off. Shayden set off in his shrill bark whilst biting at Sybil’s calves - Sybil fans the alarm and tries in haste to open the door, Carole opens the windows, whilst warding off Shayden.

Outcomes:

The wedges were burnt, calamari rubbery and fish like cardboard.
Madison slept through the entire event.