NUNDLE

FRIDAY 25.03.2016: All good news on the toileting front for Shayden - no need for a return trip to the vet! Had lunch with Kim, Heath and their family. Carole was in food heaven eating her Beef Pho - yes we walked away with the recipe.

NUNDLE - POPULATION: 289

THURSDAY 24.03.2016: 7.30am - whipper snipper, followed by the ride on mower powering round the motorhome. Yes, Council were mowing the area in preparation for the upcoming Easter weekend and considering we were the only van in residence this was an ideal opportunity to complete the task! SO, rose a little earlier than anticipated and determined that it would be fruitful to make an early appearance at Nundle. Commenced pack up and had been patting ourselves on the back that to date this had been an incident free trip. Prepared the rubbish bags for delivery to the garbage bin and unbeknown to us until it was too late, Shayden had rifled through and found a cooked chicken bone. Being such an obedient dog, he was asked to "drop it" and duly threw it down his neck whole. Okay, rang Tanilba vet and determined that yes, there was an issue and yes, there was a Greencross vet in Tamworth. Needless to say the early start went out the window and we found ourselves sitting in the vet at 12.30pm. Shayden was checked out and we were provided with the emergency number if need be, plus made our usual donation to the new wing of the surgery. Finally landed in Nundle by 2.30pm and are on "droppings" alert for the next 24 hours! Thanks to our kind Nundle friends for a great night, with an impromptu singing performance from Lou and Phil adding to the enjoyment.

WINGEN

TUESDAY 22 - WEDNESDAY 23.03.2016: The Leylands are bound for the 2016 Nundle Go For Gold Chinese Easter Festival. It is the second largest annual festival in northern inland NSW and attracts 16,000 people over two days to a village with a population of 289 people. The annual festival honours the significant role of Chinese and European miners and storekeepers in the development of the Nundle and Hanging Rock townships. As per usual, we "planned" our departure time, but in reality left downtown LTP at 1.30pm - so improved our exit timeframe, not! Paid a visit to our local Millers haunt and then made our way to the rest area at Broke. On leaving Broke we discovered some 2kms out that coal mining is gradually encroaching on the village. So sad to see the landscape altering and as a result no major improvements being made to the area. 

Stopped for lunch at the Commercial Hotel, Aberdeen and had a lovely meal, then photo shot the wildlife! Stayed the night at Burning Mountain, Wingen and have decided to leisurely make our way to Nundle tomorrow morning.