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...