Day 17. The curse of the condemned......
With the day at the zoo behind us, today was just a day to chill out and find some much needed things to do indoors, with the mercury hitting 43 deg C by lunch time.
We all manage to get some sort of sleep and woke up relatively refreshed, we all can't wait to be home so we can crank the AC down to 18 and sleep under a doona for once.
We have worked out that in the whole time we have been on the road, we have only had about 4 days under 40 deg C, (38 LOL).
We stopped in at the local dubbo markets, where we picked up some supper fresh watermelon and some killer handmade local salami. It is bloody amazing and the kids insisted we get some, so we got two LOL. The guy who makes it was great in explaining the process and how he makes it all himself, including growing the sows etc for the meat. He is one of the guys featured on the show "The Gourmet Farmer" showing him how to make salami and other meat products.
From there on, as we were in the area, we visited the Dubbo Gaol. This was somewhat of a revelation, a great historical place to visit. The site is very well preserved and restored and reading all the stories of the inmates and learning their fate was great.
From there on, a wander through the main street to find blond some new shoes after they decided to fall apart on our walk around, all this walking takes its toll on the equipment.
A spot of lunch at a local pub and then onto the local Museum.
The local museum is small but houses a great collection of exhibits, unfortunately we couldn't take pictures here so sorry people, you will need to come and experience it for yourself.
The afternoon was once again spent in the pool cooling off, letting the kids have some fun in the pool.
Tomorrow we head of back into civilisation with 5 days exploring and having fun in Sydney, including Australia Day which we are all looking forward to.
We all manage to get some sort of sleep and woke up relatively refreshed, we all can't wait to be home so we can crank the AC down to 18 and sleep under a doona for once.
We have worked out that in the whole time we have been on the road, we have only had about 4 days under 40 deg C, (38 LOL).
We stopped in at the local dubbo markets, where we picked up some supper fresh watermelon and some killer handmade local salami. It is bloody amazing and the kids insisted we get some, so we got two LOL. The guy who makes it was great in explaining the process and how he makes it all himself, including growing the sows etc for the meat. He is one of the guys featured on the show "The Gourmet Farmer" showing him how to make salami and other meat products.
From there on, as we were in the area, we visited the Dubbo Gaol. This was somewhat of a revelation, a great historical place to visit. The site is very well preserved and restored and reading all the stories of the inmates and learning their fate was great.
From there on, a wander through the main street to find blond some new shoes after they decided to fall apart on our walk around, all this walking takes its toll on the equipment.
A spot of lunch at a local pub and then onto the local Museum.
The local museum is small but houses a great collection of exhibits, unfortunately we couldn't take pictures here so sorry people, you will need to come and experience it for yourself.
The afternoon was once again spent in the pool cooling off, letting the kids have some fun in the pool.
Tomorrow we head of back into civilisation with 5 days exploring and having fun in Sydney, including Australia Day which we are all looking forward to.
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