Heading further east on the Golden Hwy our next stop was Merriwa, situated approximately halfway between Dubbo & Newcastle. Merriwa comes to life with the annual Festival of the Fleeces where Merino sheep wear red socks & parade along the Main Street. Merriwa has a mural on their wheat silo of this event with the Merino Sheep in red socks.
While we were stopped for lunch at the Merriwa park Baz found a set of keys, they had a fob for a jeep and he remembered seeing a fellow traveller that had been at Ballimore the night before stopped at this park when we had driven past earlier. Lucky for her she had a NRMA tag on them for lost keys, Baz rang NRM A who then very efficiently connected him with the owner of the keys. As luck would have it she lived in Newcastle and we were travelling there the next day so she was able to collect them from us. We will now be enjoying a couple of nice bottles of wine for our troubles. Very impressed with the service from NRMA.
Newcastle was our next stop initially booking into the Stockton Caravan Park for one night then extending for one more. Thought it was a good chance to catch up with washing, shopping & visiting our friends Maree & Brian, who have come to the sad decision that they are giving caravanning away. We will miss our time together at Burrum Heads as we always seemed to managed a few good laughs with a lot of good natured stirring. We had been rather lucky with the weather but the second day at Newcastle the rain returned & the forecast for the next week is rain all along the NSW coast. This is rather disappointing as there are some beautiful towns & beaches along the coast that are more enjoyable exploring in lovely weather.
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| Merriwa wheat silo |
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| Lighthouse & breakwater Newcastle |
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| Better for swimming than playing bowls |
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