NOW LEONORA

Many vacated the Leinster Caravan Park this morning … new ‘best friends’ after a week together, all heading off in diverse directions.

We dined last night at the workers MESS with my brother’s neighbours from Nicholson in Victoria, Graeme and Wendy, they having caught us up again. What a magnificent meal for $20 … all you could eat and SO MUCH to choose from.

Our new neighbours in a motor home on the other side came from New Zealand, in fact they worked in the Wairarapa and John and they knew the same people. Now living in Waikanae, they attend the same church as John’s cousins, Sally and Don.

Then there was Col. He had worked in the Kimberley, breaking in horses, and was on Fossil Downs the year after I left. We knew many of the same people. He was delighted to see my pics of what the station homestead complex looks like now.

So, our week’s stay at little Leinster produced some very interesting connections. But, it was time for us all to venture further afield, so now John and I are at Leonora for a couple of nights, where we were five years ago, en route to Kalgoorlie. 

But we were all a bit sad to leave the nesting Tawny Frogmouths this morning.

Attractive gumnuts and coloured stone at our caravan site

I think this was prospective 'Dad' on the nest this morning