MONDAY 20.10.2014: Onward to Glengarry, but not before taking a photo of the golf course at Grawin. Next stop was the common fossicking pile where all the tourists are permitted to try their luck. Fossicker Peel went up a v-e-r-y large mound of quarried rock that is continually dumped by the local miners. Domestic Goddess Sybil stayed in the motorhome cooking a pasta salad for lunch. 
After about an hour Carole appears at the door "a man said he will take me to a better site for a small fee of $20.00". Sybil's response "I need 5 more minutes for the pasta!" We hurriedly packed everything away and followed Troy to the Road Closed sign (which was removed and replaced), then up yet another hill to the secret location. Sybil managed to salvage the pasta and the salad was completed, whilst Carole was having a lovely time 'noodling' with Troy.
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| L-A-R-G-E MOUND! |
It turned out that Troy had just won the coveted title of the area's No 1 Noodler - an ability to find opals from dumped mullock heaps. Sybil's idea of a good day of 'noodling' - lying on the bed, fan running completing the blog!
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| CAROLE & TROY |
The 'noodle' student had a lovely time albeit somewhat fatigued after working at Troy's pace - a few bits of colour and what is even better, we can frequent the same venue again. We headed toward the Glengarry Hilton along the l-o-n-g white road. The mullock heaps on the side of the road can also be fossicked through so guess what tomorrow's schedule entails!
Drove into the Glengarry Hilton and organised our accommodation amongst the mullock heaps - only fitting. As one would expect, Glengarry Hilton also boasts a golf course.
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| ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME! |
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