Day 17 was a bit more chilled out doing some farm work with Hugh collecting Pea Straw bales from one of his paddocks, and then in the evening we headed over to Rod & Chris's to go Wombat hunting, not to kill them but to try and see one to photograph it but this time luck wasn't on our side! On the morning of Day 18 we went to Maitland Market and had a quick snack and a drink there before heading to the bottom end as it's called which is the Southern part of ...

On day 10 I cleaned the one of the cars ready for our royal visit to Canberra and once that was done I drove mum and I into Moonta again so we could have a look at the Moonta Miners Museum which is housed in the old mining school, once we had finished looking at the miners incredible history we headed over to this very little but very pleasant sweet shop and bought some goodies in there. We then headed into the town to find the old Railway Station which is quite ...

Day nine involved shearing some of the sheep that were in the pen from the night before when we got them in, some needed shearing due to the fact that some had flies, we also used rings for the lambs that either had tails or nuts. Once we had cleaned ourselves up Hugh took Mum and I to Barley Stacks which is a local vineyard just a couple of miles down the road from Maitland, whilst we were there Mum tried all the white wines that was produced their from the grap...

On day eight we went off to explore the copper triangle which includes the towns of Moonta, Wallaroo & Kadina. At Moonta we went around one of the old mining sites which still has the old engine house and the chimney which is round because Moonta was the place where the Cornish miners settled, hence why the town sign says Moonta - "Australia's Little Cornwall", and as you drive throughout Moonta you can see the impact and influence the Cornish had on this lit...

On day seven we headed to the beach down the road, and headed into the dunes to do a bit of exploring and whilst we were there it reminded me of when I used to go to Ynyslas at Borth near Aberystwyth and explore the dunes there. After the dunes we headed back to the beach and when we got there Bill & Hugh had brought the small boat down, so Sarah, Bill and I went out to see if we could see any dolphins, unfortunately after doing the rounds a few times we coul...