Singleton

Thurs 4^th  September

It was a good thing that we decided not to move out yesterday. We would have had to fight a gusty head wind. As it was, today was beautiful and calm with a blue sky and very light traffic. At Narrabri we turned off for Gunnedah and enjoyed the green crops for a fair bit of the way. There were large areas being prepared for cotton and there were also big areas that were being taken over for mining. In the Upper Hunter Valley there were many horse studs. The Emirates Estate stretched along both sides of the road and must have had $trillions invested in it. We went through oddly named places like Tin Hut, Baan Baa, Willow Tree, and Currabubula all of which were quite small, most with only one shop, if that. We had lunch in Quirindi, a bigger town with a long street of shops. We decided to continue on to Aberdeen (where they hold the Highland Games) for the night. We found a big sign indicating the caravan park and because there was a double white line we had to go further along and u-turn so we were on the correct side to turn in. We went down a narrow lane to the end where there was a boom-gate to the park, only to be confronted by a tiny sign stating that they had no sites. Not only that, but the place was deserted and we couldn’t find anyone to open the boom so we could turn around to get out again. Poor Mick had to back out until he could find a driveway to turn around in. There was no way we could have backed out onto the road without either killing ourselves, someone else, or ending the day behind bars. We ended up in Singleton with a powered site at the showground. There were several people working on he oval, preparing for a dressage event at the weekend. Opposite us was a camper with a very odd looking bloke in it. Every time we moved he was looking out his window at us – Creepy!