SUNDAY 30.04 - MONDAY 1.05.2017: Carole had read that Trangie Caravan Park offered CMCA members with self-contained motorhomes a $10 a night stay. You are permitted access to the laundry, water and dump point. The dump point turned out to be the ultimate in luxury - a flushing toilet! Arrived at the park and Andrew the manager 'jumps out' to greet you - his enthusiasm is contagious. Interesting story - he and his wife Deb took early retirement, travelled for 2 years in a 5th Wheeler then Andrew grew bored with not working - Deb did not!
They purchased Trangie Park which had been derelict for 6 years, spent a year refurbishing and then reopened in 2015 and have been busy ever since. Andrew has taken the time to learn the local cotton farming process and has been accredited to run free tours of the Auscott Gin (Engine). He also takes great pleasure in stoking the camp fire, calling for happy hour and then presenting the precursor to the official tour.
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| THE 'MOON BUGGY' |
The process in short - farmer sends in the cotton for processing and the Gin sends samples off to Sydney for quality assessment and packages the rest. Farmers are only allowed so many seeds and their output is checked according to their initial planting. The cotton is sold in the main to China through a stockbroker. Female Irish backpackers working 12 hour shifts were responsible for 'bagging' the processed cotton.
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