After the usual amount of procrastination we headed off up the road to Taree so I could pick up my glasses. The usual friendly service was in evidence. I am currently breaking my eyes in to the new prescription. I have one more visit to pick up the sunglasses. Mind you by then I will have received my credit card bill and will be organising a trip to Thailand to sell a kidney to pay for them.
After a coffee we stopped to have a free battery check before I commit my self to purchase a new non genuine starter motor for the Pajero. The battery checked out OK although I wasn't overly confident in the testing. Funnily enough the starter was running much better today.
We left Taree behind and journeyed to Ellenborough Falls. The view was spectacular and we had a nice cheap lunch at the cafe. The lady running it was friendly, amiable and chatted about life in nearby Elands. We did not descend to the bottom as I had a nice headache and Susan a gut ache. However the view from the top was great. The falls drop is 200 metres second only to Wallaman falls west of Ingham in Qld. We didn't visit them in 2010 I think because of the drive distance involved. Although according to Whereis it is only 43km which doesn't seem a lot.
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| Filming from the platform |
Ellenborough Falls
We continued on our way along the tourist drive which doubles back through Tapin Tops National Park. It was a very pleasant drive back through the forests while we listened to "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest" We encountered several locals driving in the opposite direction at what seemed to be precipitant speed. Returning to Taree we bought nibblies and 4kg of LPG. I was a bit surprised to find the bottle nearly empty when I looked this morning considering we filled it at Dunoon at the start of December.
Returning home we sat in the car for a while listening to more story.
The weather has been most sullen today. A concrete sky but no rain.
night folks
Simon
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