Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Tamworth

We were very excited to pull into Tamworth, having heard and seen so much about this very musical town. We stayed at the Big 4 caravan parkwhich was a little disappointing but the staff very friendly. The town has a wonderful lookout that seems to go for miles up up and then up some more. The views were spectacular and we came across a very lovely tribute to the famous and much loved Smoky Dawson and his wife, Dot. Their ashes are scattered here in the garden. It was quite emotional to see and read this.







We visited the huge golden guitar and had our photo done here as does every other tourist and also visited the wax museum which is filled with famous country and western singers and bands. I think it does take visiting and seeing these things to really take in the history and stories attached to each one.



 Note this is the actual guitar with a gun attached used by Smoky Dawson in his TV shows.


                                                    Some golden oldies

                                                     Whos the odd one out?

Tamworth is a very large town and would be wonderful to see during the Music Festivals that it is renowned for.
There was also a cricket display featuring some very famous collectibles, bats, caps and signatures dedicated to the one and only Don Bradman. We couldnt believe the quality of and valuable items included.




A very strange event each night was the thousands of bats that flew over the  caravan park area each night. We weren't sure what they were at first but did some investigating. This huge colony of bats originally made their way here from Taronga Zoo where they were given their marching orders. We found where they sleep during the day so look at these pictures closely. Apparently they love these Palownia trees when they are in flower.



These last pics were taken just down from the caravan park and I have put them in just because it was such a pretty street.


Talkies soon
xx Sonia and John

White Kangaroos, Quilts and a Prime Minister.


White kangaroo

We passed through the famed Bordertown which is the home to a White Kangaroo
herd at a wildlife sanctuary. I have never personally seen a white kangaroo before so this was quite interesting as prior to this I didnt know they existed. Apparently they were discovered about 40 years ago by a local.
The other famous person to come from Bordertown is our ex prime minister, Bob Hawke.

Bob's House

The town itself is very pretty with a lovely park area for travellers rest and picnic.
The local Quilters had a huge display at the town centre hall with a beautiful selection of quilts made by extrely talented people. I have captured a few for the blog and would like to say this is for Beth, who loves quilting and would appreciate the work and love that goes into this craft.
















Well off to other adventures. Talkies soon
xx Sonia n John
  

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