Tiki tour day 4 super photo heavy

Today we left Forbes and travelled along the Lachlan Way beside the river, viewing sculptures on the way

We travelled with the lovely ladies from the US

spider we found

Tourists 😀 Raewyn, Deana, Lori, Evelyn aka Mama Bird and Phyliss

This was called Road Kill

Raewyn and Deana chatting

Phyliss, Evelyn, Me, Raewyn and Lori.

Watertower

the man on the top

A nearby bridge

Looking down the river

Brumbies

Lovely ladies

We stopped next at the Ute's in the Paddock at Condobolin

Had lunch in a local park

oops

I thought I had the timer on 😄

Now I have!!

We stayed at Narromine so watched the sun go down

Dinner was wonderful. 

All done now

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 paddle steamers

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.

Exploring

From being up at Cable Bay we came south to Whangarei and were lucky enough to stay with Raewyn and the MOHL on the farm.

Raewyn feeding her cookies

Emma dog heading off to work 

The first of the new calves being checked out by one of the cows

We went for a drive around the farm and over the road ro the run  off, this is where Raewyn walks

A panoramic view of the farm and surrounds

Still trying the selfies 🤣

From Whangarei we went to Auckland and then Tauranga. We were planning on scattering Mums ashes at a local park but when we went there it was heading with people, so Mum travelled with us.

We left Taurabga and travelled over the Kaimai Ranges in the rain and low cloud 

Luckily most of the traffic  followed the 60km speed on the road here

We carried on to Tirau and met lovely Julie for an early lunch

Then travelled on via Matamata and of course I had to stop at the tourist info centre 

This is such a great building, no Hobbits, just me!

From Matamata we went on to Te Aroha which is at the base of the Kaimais which once again were in cloud

Te Aroha has some beautiful buildings most we passed by this time

Then after stopping for groceries in Paeroa we arrived at Bowentown,any a family holiday and outing happened here.

There has been a huge amount of erosion here, there must have been some huge tides.

We have a motel unit with a wonderful view to the ocean.

Time for a cuppa I rhink

Happy stitching. 😊