10 January 2013 – Scone to Walcha

10 January 2013 – Scone to Walcha

The lovely Erica made lots of lovely fluffy pancakes this morning for breakfast and I’ve never seen the kids eat so many.  Home-made ones are obviously better than the shaker bottles.  After scoffing those down, they tried waking Andrew and Luke so they could all go swimming before we headed off.  We packed up and drove on intending to go to Apsley Falls for the night but upon phoning the national park they advised us that the national park was closed due to the heatwave and fires.  We ended up stopping at Walcha, booked into the local caravan park and went for a walk into town.  Upon passing the local swimming pools, of course the “Zoe police” noticed that there was a boy not only riding his bike with a broken arm but further to her dismay, he had no helmet…. typical Zoe!  There were lots of arty wooden objects around town such as a totem pole of naked people, a small train in the center of town, what looked like a crocodile tail footbridge and many fancy seats to rest on.  The Apsley River was looking very dry with only a trickle of water, definitely not worth pulling on your swimmers.  We bought a few essentials as well as some meat from the local butcher which was absolutely delicious.  After Sami had done the washing up in the caravan park’s camp kitchen, we settled in for a family night watching an Indiana Jones movie.