Tiki tour day 3

Today was a travelling day from  Echuca to Forbes,  we called at Deniliquin to the Info centre and found an exhibition of modern quilts so had a quick look

Beautiful quiltwe also found a painted water tower, one we had seen before

Further up the road we saw cattle feeding on the side of the road

Wide.open spaces and long straight roads of Australia

We had a stop at Narrandera and saw the world's biggest playable guitar

Interesting sky

Arriving in Forbes late afternoon we went for a walk

Nice to see this old pub being done up

This sculpture was by an intersection in town

This one was in a little park

Dog waiting for his master outside the shops.

We met up with the American girls for dinner but didn't take any photos, very slack of us!!

Another day of Adventure tomorrow. 

Happy stitching. 

Tiki tour day 2 Echuca

We eased into the day today, enjoyed breakfast and then walked down to the old port. We got tickets to do a trip on the Pevensey steam boat

Practising the art of the selfie!! 😂

We were on the boat for about an hour

This boat was renamed the Philadelphia or the filming of the movie All the Rivers run.

There were three cabins on the top deck, people must have been very short back then as the beds were tiny!

Steam engine working away powering the two paddle wheels

After the boat trip we looked at some static steam engines and things they drove up on the bank and then went tourist shopping at the discovery centre, we did look at historic stuff too!

We saw this beautiful window and thought it would make a wonderful quilt.

This was a section about women boat captains on the Murray.

We walked about the old wharf area finding answers for an Adventure Lab 

Clydesdale horses pulling coaches 

This building was all that remains of a brothel established by a hotel owner, there was a wooden building in front of the brick but that was burned down, year's ago.

Walking back to our accommodation we crossed the Campaspe River a couple of times.

Have been sitting outside but heading in now as  it is cold! The cockatoos and corellas are all coming into the gum trees and they are very loud!!

Tomorrow we are heading off to Forbes. 

Happy stitching.

Day 1 Tiki tour 2026

Today I drove up to Melbourne and picked up Raewyn from the airport, once sorted we drove to Echuca. We finally found our accommodation and had a cuppa, we have a great view

Late afternoon and the cockatoos have come in, it is quite noisy

There is a guitarist playing at the pub over the road 

We then had a walk down to the river and a quick look at the steam boats 

We checked out the flood levels

And found the thong tree

These ones might have been through a flood.

On the way back to the motel we found the ice cream shop and indulged!!

Back at the motel now for dinner and an early night!

More tiki touring in the morning.

Happy stitching.

This and that, could be photo heavy

We had a great speaker at the Guild, she talked us through her stitching journey, showed us loads of her creations, she is mainly an embroiderer but is fascinated with how younger people tattoo themselves

This amazing creation was covered with embroidered plants, flowers, animals, birds, was stunning to see

Loved this cloth with old sailor tattoos, did you know sailors had a pig tattooed on one foot and a rooster on the other? Live stock were most likely to survive after a ship wreck as they were in a wooden crate, but the sailors saw them as good luck and so had the tattoo. Most sailors back in the day could not swim.

The 3D cars were amazing, they came about when she worked with people with disabilities.

I went to visit Adam and family, Finn was helping cook dinner, curried prawns with rice! 

I was up early one morning and saw this beautiful sunrise 

I have had a few beach walks

Some prep has been happening for Baradine

I was given  a heap of I Spy fabrics ( you know those ones that appear at sewing group and you can't leave them behind??)so they have been trimmed and laid out to be pinned.

The strip quilt is finished.

The Guild have been asked to make small Christmas quilts and stocking for one of the hospitals in Geelong, they will be given to children and families who have to spend Christmas in hospital. So I thought I would make this one up.

Another project cut and ready to go, I was given this year's ago to make up for the Oncology dept, so now is the time to get it done!! 

The pelicans were waiting on a fisherman to clean his fish, they always get a hand out. 

I followed this man along the beach this afternoon, his dog (white and far right) was having a great time running around.

I Have been stitching away at the mandelas

One finished one being stitched.

Are you still awake?

Tomorrow we are off to SJOG to the Parkinson's support group,  they have a watercolour artist coming in to teach people with Parkinson's to paint a double coloured tulip. David will really enjoy that. I will go for a walk and take stitching and a book.....

Happy stitching.