Part III of the 2021 Chrysler Restorer's Club Spring Tour
Unfortunately everything must end & today is one of those days.
On Saturday & Sunday this week we had 280ml or 11" inches of rain in that 48-hour period, now that is serious rain bomb in anyone’s language.
We then pushed a little further on to Wauchope to pay a visit to Timbertown for lunch & a look around the park. Timbertown is a re-created Sawmiller's village from the turn of the century and is set among 87-acres of natural forest.
(Below) I decided to become Casey Jones & stoke the fire for a while on ‘Ruby’ the vintage steam locomotive that operates on Timbertown's Heritage narrow gauge Railway.
After dinner we more or less exchanged our goodbyes to one & all in the group, because tomorrow we would all be heading off in different directions for our homes.
That my friends is all she wrote, so until the next ‘adventure before dementia’ stay tuned.
Cheers for now from the ‘Squire’ from the Shire.
Warbo
Unfortunately everything must end & today is one of those days.
Our group departed Uralla, NSW this morning for the final leg of our tour south to Taree. (288kms or 180 miles). The current east coast 'El Nina' weather turned nasty as we were about to leave the Bushranger Motel in Uralla.
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Depicting a turn of the century sawmiller's village, Timbertown also operates a 2.4km long Heritage Railway |
Faced with heavily saturated roads, I decided to make a quick F1-style change to my tyres from slicks to wet weather tyres on the ‘64 Plymouth, 2-door, that’s how bad it was.
Approximately one & a half hours into our journey we arrived at the Ginger's Creek Roadhouse and Bush Resort for a well-earned pitstop and morning tea break.
There were twenty-one of us sitting on the verandah chatting to one another when I asked the owner “how’s the weather been?", he said that you are not going to believe this.
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Our entire group relaxing on the verandah of the the Ginger's Creek Roadhouse - halfway between Wauhope and Walcha, NSW. |
On Saturday & Sunday this week we had 280ml or 11" inches of rain in that 48-hour period, now that is serious rain bomb in anyone’s language.
We then pushed a little further on to Wauchope to pay a visit to Timbertown for lunch & a look around the park. Timbertown is a re-created Sawmiller's village from the turn of the century and is set among 87-acres of natural forest.
(Below) I decided to become Casey Jones & stoke the fire for a while on ‘Ruby’ the vintage steam locomotive that operates on Timbertown's Heritage narrow gauge Railway.
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Me getting ready to do my best 'Casey Jones' impersonation and stoke the firebox onboard the Heritage Steam Locomotive 'Ruby'. |
After lunch it was a short one hour's drive south to Taree. I checked into the Highway Motel for a quick Nanny nap before heading off to our ‘Last Supper’ at the Taree Aquatic Club overlooking the tranquil Manning River.
After dinner we more or less exchanged our goodbyes to one & all in the group, because tomorrow we would all be heading off in different directions for our homes.
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We made a great little roadside stop at the Ginger's Creek Bush Resort in Mount Seaview, NSW |
Another magnificent Spring Tour organised by our Chrysler club's event director Brian Kelleher. If Brian cannot organise a magnificent tour than nobody can.
In another lifetime Brian & I worked together at Qantas Airlines, only he was up the pointy end as a skipper on the Boeing 747 Jumbos & I was the ‘Trolly Dolly’ down on the main deck, in cattle-class, say no more.
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A popular stop on the Oxley Highway for all motoring enthusiast's is the Ginger's Creek Roadhouse & Bush Resort |
That my friends is all she wrote, so until the next ‘adventure before dementia’ stay tuned.
Cheers for now from the ‘Squire’ from the Shire.
Warbo
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