slide wrote:
Stayed at the caravan park. It was freezing cold.
check, though this year went with a motel... I think that's going be the norm, it was nice to have a proper bed and be in the centre of town
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But the motorkhana and get togethers at the RSL club were good.
definitely
slide wrote:
just a one horse godforesaken typical Australian country town in middle of nowhere with very few amenities
pretty much, though there are two supermarkets!
the local tourism / chamber of commerce seem to be doing alright, it's quite a pretty town centre for the size of it
slide wrote:
apart from the obligatory greasy road house,
yep, two of them,
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a dilapidated pub and of course the all-important RSL club.
the pub (new crown) is pretty decent, and they seem to put up with us on the Friday night, then for tea on Sunday. I haven't been into the other pub more than once or twice, though the restaurant attached to it is good
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The locals looked bemused,
on to the 3rd (maybe 4th?) generation of locals now, the bemused looks may be part of the local culture now
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some of the EH boys were downright aggressive.
that's probably the B&S utes these days, they've started joining in the street parade and make a hell of a lot of noise
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