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Van Trip 2007
Day 6
Kilometres Travelled Today.......326
Distance from home.......686 kilometres
We left Gunnedah at 10:00am and travelled via Boggabri, Narrabri, Moree and Boggabilla.
The weather was brilliant along the way with cloudless skies. Stopped at Narrabri for pies at our favourite pie shop. We also stopped for afternoon tea (Finger Buns) somewhere north of Narrabri.
Arrived Goondiwindi Tourist Van Park early afternoon and moved on to site 54 at $26.10 per night. The park proprietors put on a fish barbecue at 6:00pm at the camp kitchen, we enjoyed it very much, and to top the night off our dinner ticket won the lucky prize of the night.... a bottle of Top Tourist c******nay.
Goondiwindi is a town of approximately 5,600 people.. The name originated from an Aboriginal word meaning "the resting place of the birds". It is on the MacIntyre River near the NSW border, 350 kilometres south west of Brisbane. The twin town of Boggabilla is nearby, on the New South Wales side of the border. Thls town has a famous pub named "The Wobbly Boot", which became the title of a famous song, sung by John Williamson, Slim Dusty and Stan Coster, and many others.
The most famous resident of Goondiwindi was Gunsynd, thoroughbred race horse known as "The Goondiwindi Grey". Guided by Tim Lowe in the late 1960s and early 1970s Gunsynd had 29 wins including the 1971 Epsom Handicap and the 1972 Cox Plate and came third in the 1972 Melbourne Cup. The name "Gunsynd" came from Goondiwindi Syndicate (Gun=Goondiwindi, Synd=Syndicate). There is a statue of Gunsynd in the town centre.
Day 7 in Goondiwindi
Surprise...Surprise.... David and Cindy Bell arrived today from Moree, they are on their way to Hervey Bay. We had several pleasant hours with them, including happy hour and barbecue.
Day 8 in Goondiwindi
After fare-welling the Bells we did a tour of the town including the MacIntyre River and the Gunsynd Statue.
This afternoon we prepared the van for tomorrow's departure for destinations unknown but we will probably head to St. George and Roma.
Kilometres Travelled Today.......326
Distance from home.......686 kilometres
We left Gunnedah at 10:00am and travelled via Boggabri, Narrabri, Moree and Boggabilla.
The weather was brilliant along the way with cloudless skies. Stopped at Narrabri for pies at our favourite pie shop. We also stopped for afternoon tea (Finger Buns) somewhere north of Narrabri.
Arrived Goondiwindi Tourist Van Park early afternoon and moved on to site 54 at $26.10 per night. The park proprietors put on a fish barbecue at 6:00pm at the camp kitchen, we enjoyed it very much, and to top the night off our dinner ticket won the lucky prize of the night.... a bottle of Top Tourist c******nay.
Goondiwindi is a town of approximately 5,600 people.. The name originated from an Aboriginal word meaning "the resting place of the birds". It is on the MacIntyre River near the NSW border, 350 kilometres south west of Brisbane. The twin town of Boggabilla is nearby, on the New South Wales side of the border. Thls town has a famous pub named "The Wobbly Boot", which became the title of a famous song, sung by John Williamson, Slim Dusty and Stan Coster, and many others.
The most famous resident of Goondiwindi was Gunsynd, thoroughbred race horse known as "The Goondiwindi Grey". Guided by Tim Lowe in the late 1960s and early 1970s Gunsynd had 29 wins including the 1971 Epsom Handicap and the 1972 Cox Plate and came third in the 1972 Melbourne Cup. The name "Gunsynd" came from Goondiwindi Syndicate (Gun=Goondiwindi, Synd=Syndicate). There is a statue of Gunsynd in the town centre.
Day 7 in Goondiwindi
Surprise...Surprise.... David and Cindy Bell arrived today from Moree, they are on their way to Hervey Bay. We had several pleasant hours with them, including happy hour and barbecue.
Day 8 in Goondiwindi
After fare-welling the Bells we did a tour of the town including the MacIntyre River and the Gunsynd Statue.
This afternoon we prepared the van for tomorrow's departure for destinations unknown but we will probably head to St. George and Roma.
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