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St George, Qld

S 28°03'30" E 148°33'47

Mon 29 Sep 2003


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photo of nindigully pub

We went on to the west and stopped at Nindigully Pub for morning tea This a fascinating place with all the trappings of a tourist trap, old bush hats on the walls, photos of the area from long ago, and decorations like the chain saw made from a hacksaw frame and a piece of chain. There are banknotes of various denominations pinned to the ceiling. When you ask what that's about, they say they're collecting for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and that you must pin your donation to the ceiling by wrapping the note round a 20 cent piece and a drawing pin and toss it up with some vigour. I tried with a $20 note and on the second try succeeded in sticking the pin in but the 20 cent piece stayed wrapped in the note. As I had borrowed it from the bar lady I was quite embarrassed but she said it would be OK but I had achieved a remarkably long hang time. Eventually the note unfolded and the coin came down and I was able to return it. When the time came to pay for our cups of tea, she said there was no charge!.

We were joined in all this by a family in a caravan, father, mother and two primary school lage girls, from Port Macquarie who had arranged a 10 week break and were going to Kakadu and Darwin. We were able to give them the benefit of our experience in the top end and we wished them safe travelling and lots of fun.

We drove on to St George, did the shopping and repaired to the Riversands winery to ask for a camping spot for the night. We were given the full wine tasting and invited to return with the Motley.

In the afternoon, we filled the Motley's cellar with a dozen bottle of their best wine. The lass serving us insisted on delivering the now heavy esky to our door on the wineries quad bike.

We settled in for the evening to the accompaniment of the calls of the Sulphur-crested Cockatoos.


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