Saturday, 14 July 2012

Newcastle-Tamworth-Inverell

Today was a driving day. I left Newcastle about 9.30 and headed towards Tamworth. There were lots of little towns for the first hundred kilometers so it was a slow start. One of those towns was Branxton, who had an interesting approach to slowing down drivers. At the start of the town there is a big sign, "Please slow down. We have two cemeteries and no hospital."
Traveling trough the Hunter Valley I was amazing by the mines everywhere. I knew from my visit earlier in the year they were all over the place, but it still blows me away. You will just be driving along and suddenly there is a big crater there! And the trains! I drove past six or seven trains so long I couldn't count them. Not because I I can't count that high, we were going past each other too fast. I wish I could have got a picture for Hayden... I arrived in Tamworth about 2 I think. I had a quick look around, including the golden guitar. I got back on the road pretty quickly though, I didn't want to get caught in the dark. I passed emirates park around Manilla, which looked amazing! I really hope that's part of our hunter tour at Marcus next year...
I tell you what, I'm a bit concerned I'm going to get fat on this trip. I'm finding I'm hungry all the time. And since I'm not really doing any physical exercise, I'm not actually working anything off. I can see this is something I'm going to have to be very careful of.
I arrived at Inverell just before dark, in time for a delicious roast with Steve's (a very good friend of mine, also my ex bf) dad, Murray and brother Phil. I did have a bit of trouble finding the house, since apparently they don't believe in house numbers in Inverell, but I made it eventually.
The guitar photo is for Mandy's friend Lauren, who is from Tamworth and just loves seeing people in photos with her towns guitar.
The other is for Hayden, who loves bikes.
Well I think that's all for tonight. Until tomorrow...

Distance travelled: 500km
Time driving: 6.5 hours
Total distance travelled:1600km

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