Its pack up time again and this time, it’s time to head bush again. First we had to pick up a replacement lock for one of the trailer doors at the local Johnno’s agent in Wauchope then it was time to look for lunch. Just out of Wauchope there is a small place called Timbertown.

Waterwheel built by the local craftsmen at Timbertown

It was an old recreated timber village and as we had a little time up our sleave so we decided to pay the entry fee and have a look. The dining hall was an old timber building complete with open wood fire and the Chicken Schnitzel was a generous size and tasted really good.

Bullock Team Demonstration

After lunch we toured the village, watched a bullock driver hitch a team of bullocks to an old log wagon and pull it around the oval. It was quite amazing as he gave commands to individual bullocks at the front or rear to move forward, backwards or turn. We checked out the blacksmith and watched him make a leaf key ring tag from a piece of round steel which he gave to Jacky.

From there were had a ride in the horse carriage followed by the steam train that did a circuit around the property. On the way out Jack had to stop at the craft store where she found a cute knitted outfit for our new granddaughter.

By the time we left it was 4 pm. The GPS suggested that a road just to the west of Timbertown went the back way into the forestry camp where we planned to camp but after leading us down several roads that just led to farm houses with no access to the forest we had to give up and drive back to the highway and enter the campsite through Kendall. It was dark as we started to set up. Swan Crossing was a beautiful large open grassed area campsite with plenty of space and we had to share it with only one other camper.