Wagga Wagga

Friday 9th August

Today we left Bathurst and headed 322km along the Olympic hwy to Wagga Wagga with a lunch stop in Cootamundra, the birth palace of Sir Donald Bradman. With such a big day we didn't have time to stop and explore the museum and headed onto to our destination of Wagga Wagga. One we shall have to put down as another thing to come back too.

 We hadn't booked into to anywhere and thought we would just see what the caravan parks where like and choose the Big 4 Easts Riverveiw Holiday Park. A nice little park with pebble sites, lovely enclosed camp kitchen and playground for the children and a pool. The lovely lady at reception let both children stay for free as well giving us our Big 4 me membership discount.

Saturday 10th August

Today we went and walked around the main shopping area to Wagga before spending the afternoon catching up with a friend and his family. The boys had a ball playing with their children which are of similar age.

Sunday 11th of August

Today we headed back up the Olympic hwy to Junee, only 44km. First stop the Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum, which is only one of a handful of working roundhouses in the Southern Hemisphere. Half is used as a museum the only half still reconditions and rebuild the trains. The boys thought they were in heaven so many trains.

The amazing model railway at the Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum

The boys watching the model trains go around

The roundhouse 

The Roundhouse turn table

J in the drivers seat

A in the drivers seat

Next Stop was the Junee Licorice And Chocolate Factory. We did a tour of the factory but as It was a Sunday we could only see the chocolate side operating but still found it very informative. After the tour our group played vertical licorice bowling. the aim of the game was to throw a ball of hard Licorice  up into the shoot and the other person had to catch as many pins as they could. J did a great job with the ball and I caught 3 pins which made us the winners

J with his prize

After our tour we had a beautiful lunch in the restaurant "Graze" at the factory before buying some liquorice and heading back to Wagga. A had a sleep in the car so we went and had a look at the free zoo at the Wagga Wagga botanical gardens.

A peacock seeing his feathers at the zoo

That concludes our stay here in Wagga.....Next Stop Howlong to once again catch up with friends.