We had planned to spend a couple of nights at the Glen Innes Showground, but there were no vacant sites. Instead we stopped in town for a walk and refreshments – coffee and a banana shake. We parked opposite this house with an interesting veranda.
My favourite building in the main street of Glen Innes is still the NAB with its original slate roof.
There was very little traffic travelling south, and we only had one truck wanting to overtake. Fortunately we soon had a chance to pull over to let it pass, and the driver flicked the indicators to thank us.
We decided to spend one night at Uralla and found a small, quiet caravan park. The showground recently opened to travellers, and there is another caravan park on the highway, but this old park is close to shops and restaurants, but away from the highway noise. The office is closed for a lot of the day, but a sign on the door said to find a site and catch up later. We only paid $32 for a large drive thru powered site. The amenities are old but recently painted and very clean.
We had dinner at The Top Pub which was a short walk up to the highway. My grilled salmon with vermicelli was delicious! We took Bluey and sat in the beer garden. On our way home we passed The Alternate Root cafe where we will be having breakfast. In front of the attractive corner building there is a replica gas light from the early 1900s, and modern street light. The replica gas lights were cast by the Uralla foundry.
Tilly was keen to explore her new surroundings, but I had to steer clear of a 6kg rag doll cat that lives in the caravan park with a permanent resident. Bluey endured the attentions of three young children!
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