Penguin muster, Lightning Ridge 🐧🐧 2019

Sunrise shots this morning taken at 6.30ish and the temp was 4.6°(feels like 1.1 according to the BoM) Yvonne and I braved the cold and went to the thermal pool for a quick dip at 7.30am What an awesome day.  We did the pubs in the scrub tour with another 8 cars & went noodling for opals.  Pub in the scrub ⬆ We did a bit of noodling and found some potchy stuff.  Vehicles creating dust storms  Looking like it had snowed  Bra tree & interesting signs at pub 2, the sheep yard inn  Lunch at the 3rd pub, Glengarry Hilton.  Noodling for opals.  I took an unintentional slide down the hill on my behind and found a pretty little 'treasure' Went to the bush poet show again and the boys cooked pizza in the pizza oven for our penguin get together dinner. Followed by a campfire.

We went for a 4.5km walk into town, visited John Murrays art gallery, a café and grabbed a few groceries.  It was a slow walk as Marks hurt his back 😑 After doing 'chores' we headed off for a soak in the thermal pools.  They were very hot, 40°+ A storm pretended to threaten. More art works at the caravan park. We were entertained by the bush poets,Mel & Susie, again today. We had Thai food for dinner in the pavilion with the rest of the penguinites & friends.  One of the group, Darrel, brought his guitar along and entertained us. We also gave Gunthers homemade marshmallows the camp fire test and they were delicious. 

Went for a wander around the campground before breakfast. First stop was at Collarenibri lions park for lunch. Stanley the recycled emu on the way in to Lightning Ridge. Our camp spot at the Opal caravan park. Went for a walk to check out the thermal pool. Emu sculptures at the caravan park Art work at the caravan park Entertainment, bush poets Mel & Susie, at the caravan park. Went to the local bowls club on the courtesy bus. Local artist, John Murray, artwork was on display ⬇ After dinner we joined the other penguinites for a chat n drink. We have traveled 268kms today, making a total distance of 1166kms.

Another chilly morning saw us eating breakfast indoors. The canvas on the camper was a bit stiff when we wound it down.  Looked a bit bleak this morning Crimson rosellas, rainbow lorikeets & king parrots feasting on slim pickings. Wind turbines between Glen Innes and Inverell Spending the night in Moree at the Gwydir carapark which has multiple thermal pools. We cooked dinner in the camp kitchen and because it was so warm in there we ended up watching a movie as well. Today we traveled 212kms. We have traveled 898kms so far.

Went for a short walk this morning before breakfast. Temp got down to 5.3°c Found some friends And another walk after breakfast. Stopped in Tenterfield for a coffee and to catch up with Linda (café owner & farmer) who we met when we were there for Blazeaid in April. It's so dry and they are now using a desalination plant for water. Standing stones in Glen Innes was our lunch stop. We're staying at the Glen Innes showgrounds under a shelter usually used during snow season. Today we traveled 113kms We have traveled 686kms so far.