Couldn’t quite believe it but we slept in til 7:30 this
morning – must be the lovely cool nights they have here. Gaz was sent off on a
shopping trip to procure supplies for the picnic we planned later on in the day,
and I put together our picnic stuff. Meeting at around 10am, our little group
of 6 set off again in convoy to the Griffith Pioneer Park.
What a fabulous spot! Set up on a hill not far from the
centre of Griffith, it is a set of buildings and museums that pay homage to the
history of the region. Most of the buildings are original but have been
relocated from elsewhere, often by a community group such as Rotary. They tell
the story of the pioneers – there’s a schoolhouse, hospital, homestead, log
cabin, general store, blacksmiths, post office and so on. I think it’s mainly
run by volunteers.
There is also an amazing museum outlining the history of the
Italian migrants who came here to this area, predominately between the wars. We
watched an interesting DVD that was playing on a loop outlining the experiences
of four families – gee, they did it tough, but apparently things were even
worse back home in Italy and they were grateful to make a new start.
Another fascinating exhibit is the Knitted Garden – an amazing
room/cabin chock-a-block full of knitted objects – flowers, toys, just about
anything you can think of – it was amazing! Every time you looked again you saw
something new. There were depictions of nursery rhymes, vegetables, aeroplanes,
just so many varied and creative things.
We spent a lovely couple of hours wandering around the
grounds and had planned to picnic there but in the end the lure of coffee
(which was not available on site) and some alleged mozzies (so the boys said),
sent us packing back down to the town where we stopped briefly at a café for
coffees. Next stop was a park near a water channel where we enjoyed our usual
picnic fare and especially welcomed the apple walnut log procured by Gaz that
morning – champion work Gaz!
The others were keen to shop on the way home so we offered
to take Buddy so they could take their time. We set off and were discussing
what a big and somewhat vibrant town Griffith was, certainly very busy and
bustling today, when BANG! Someone ran right up the back of us while we were
stopped in a line of traffic. Although it was a shock, we were OK, Buddy was OK,
the other driver was OK. Her car was not in good shape. Thankfully, our tow bar
took the brunt of the impact and so our car is still drivable. Needless to say,
Gaz was really angry, but we called the police, exchanged details etc and
managed to drive without further incident!
Unfortunately the damage is such that we can no longer open
or close the rear door to access the boot and we can’t lock the car, BUT we can
fold the rear seats down and access the boot from the back seat doors so we
should be able to manage. Gaz spent the afternoon at NRMA and a panel beater –
so much for a quiet afternoon lol. Regrettably, the panel beater said nothing
can be done until the whole thing gets fixed which will have to happen when we
get home. I did the laundry and had a swim, so the time was not totally wasted.
It is Maz & Kev’s turn to cook tonight – lamb curry –
looking forward to that! I think the plan for tomorrow is to drive to Hay.
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