Friday, 8 July 2016

Mataranka

July 4 th.

Few problems with the last blog & lost the end at Dayly Waters. We were eating our dinner & listening to the music when they made an announcement that a caravan was on fire. We all stayed put but there was a lot that ran to check! The couple who had been sitting at the next table were the unfortunate ones. The lady was cooking toast & the toaster went up in flames & the microwave so they couldn't sleep in the van. Not good.

The next morning there was a mass exodus with the huge number of campers hitting the highway & we really were in a convoy that morning. We arrived at the Mataranka Homestead early & again a busy place. Nice large sites but very dusty although later in the day they put water on the roads in the park which helped. I did lots of washing as we had both power & water , intermittent phone & still no Foxtel. Allan had called Foxtel & their response was a text to say they were sending a technician to Julliby! Allan managed to cancel that as it was the box we had with us that had the problem & the one at home was fine.
We went for a walk later to the Hot Springs but quite crowded so decided not to venture in. We carried on looking for Stevie's Hole thru a large lot of palms but the lost the shade & it was really hot . We finally arrived but this was rather off putting.
It was a swimming spot but crocodiles have now taking a liking to it& didn't want to share with them.  
The temperature was in the early 30's & heaven after our cold month. The next morning we did go in the pool & it was very nice & a beautiful stating amongst the palms.
We drove into Mataranka on Tuesday morning as we needed a top up of fuel & they have tried to make the tiny township interesting but the local pub was revolting & no way would you set foot in there. A quiet afternoon in the sun & then happy hour at the Homestead which was most enjoyable. Beautiful spot to sit & listen to music & the food looked fine but we had our own much later.


It was a pleasant two night stay but certainly couldn't spend 9 weeks there like our next 
door neighbours. The water isn't great & our electric jug became very furry after two days! Love Bev& Allan.

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