Off to Scrub Stitchin' - Day 4 - Trangie to Tooraweenah

Leaving Trangie it was a short drive day with four hours to fill in between check-out time and the earliest check-in time, so no rushing today...and it was a beautiful weather day perfect for a wander...on the way out of Trangie in a park I spied a mural on the toilet block and etched designs on the bins...

On to Gilgandra, and after filling up the fuel tank, I went into The Coo-ee Heritage Centre (the Tourist Information Centre)...Chooky had given the heads up that one of her neighbours had her artwork hanging and I had plenty of time to spare so a bit of a wander was in order...besides the local artwork exhibition there are two other galleries, one with a display about the World War 1 Coo-ee March and one with local history museum pieces...and in those exhibitions I managed to find...embroidery and quilting!...

there was also  an exhibition in the grounds a mural on the back of the stage wall and a number of mural boards set around the lawn with various themes...

Still time to fill in, so back on the road to Gulargambone to check out the street art...bullock sculpture which is pretty cool...the galah sculptures on poles are scattered throughout the town and the district...

murals on buildings...a number by Lightning Ridge artist John Murray (the quirky ones)...

had to take a picture of this one...after all...sewing!...

The shops may be empty but the windows were not...art installations of the non-paint variety... 

After walking about the main street looking at the art, and popping into the Post office to get a job done, it was time to find the painted water tower...the colours are so muted and calm...

It was late enough now to check-in so...on to Tooraweenah...

 

Happy Stitching... 

Off to Scrub Stitchin' - Day 3 - Leeton to Trangie - Part 3

After the unscheduled stop in Tullibigeal it was back to the plan and onwards to Tottenham (the NSW one!) hunting the painted water tower...Goanna, Galahs, local scenes...

Last water tower for the day was Nevertire...sheep, wheat, cotton and a reminder to Change Here for Warren...the light wasn't great as it was getting late so it was hard to get away from the shadows when taking pictures...

The end of a long day was in sight with Trangie only being less than 1/2 hour up the road and the longest driving day done.  Scrub Stitchin' is getting closer...only a couple more sleeps now...

 

Happy Stitching... 

Off to Scrub Stitchin' - Day 3 - Leeton to Trangie - Part 2

Next scheduled destinations were Weethalle and Tottenham (the NSW one) for a spot of painted silo and water tower hunting.

 

First up...Weethalle...sheep and wheat...

It was a longer leg to Totteham and as I was thinking I needed to stop and put together a roll for lunch I arrived in Tullibigeal...and the perfect spot to pull in safely, a lovely little park.  An unscheduled stop, and as it turns out another one much longer than anticipated, the initial idea being grab stuff out of the back of the car, assemble roll and move straight along but no. The entrance to the park is a war memorial...that deserved a better look...

...as I walked from the car to check the park entrance I spied a shed across the road with something in it...a vintage fire truck!  Of course I couldn't not go to see what that was about...

a lovely restored old Bedford appliance...the Tullibigeal LADIES! Fire Truck!!! We have to share with the blokes!😂  A credit to the lady who instigated the restoration and display of the appliance.

 

Back on the road for the next leg and more painted water towers...

Happy Stitching... 

Off to Scrub Stitchin' - Day 3 - Leeton to Trangie - Part 1

Sunday morning saw me back on the road, waving goodbye to Leeton and heading to Trangie for an overnight stop. This was going to be my longest travel day on the way north. I kept a bit closer to the original plan for this leg, hunting the painted silos & water towers and other things on the list, as it is a lot harder to get back later than to the Victorian ones...first stop was not too far up the road at Barellan, the childhood hometown of Australian tennis great Evonne Goolagong (Cawley)...

 

While Barellan is not a bustling place anymore, being down to a few small businesses, and according to the last census a population of only 274, it certainly wasn't dead quiet - with locals coming in to the couple of shops that remain. The town is very neat and there was more to look at than I expected...which was just the Big Tennis Racquet (in honor of said tennis great)...

I really liked this building - don't know why, just did...

Horses on the pub...

The CWA Rest House - first one built in Australia...in 1924.  So well maintained.

A tribute to the part draught (Clydesdale) horses paid in the history of the district along with other local images on the metal board...

Then it was back on the road for the next leg of the day's trip...I'd spent probably 1/2 hour in Barellan when I expected it to be maybe 10 minutes including buying morning tea (that didn't eventuate as the cafe, which had excellent online reviews, had sadly closed).

 

Happy Stitching...