The campsite was great with a lovely inside tv sitting area and open fire last night. We made full use of it as it was a cold evening. After a very cold nights sleep, We’ve even brought warm pjs and bed socks we packed up and headed north again.
We’ve been along the coast and been along the outback so now we’re headed for the mountains.
The first stop as we got closer to the mountain was a lookout point. It was spectacular views all around unfortunately a phone camera can’t do it justice 
We stopped for our mid morning cup of tea (god when did I get old) in small town uralla the buildings our all deco very smart. And lunch was in Guyra more 1900 in style. Mike rather fancies staying in one of the Innes that has the fretwork verandas all around.
Final destination for the night Glen Innes. It’s cold and windy and the only campsite we can find with toilets and showers state in there description clothes optional! I didn’t want to stay there.
The town is pretty and has two of the inns that mike likes so we opted to stay in the cheapest one we had to share the bathrooms but they were clean enough and it had a sitting room that we had to ourselves.
We spent the afternoon watching the sun set from the veranda and then watched a film on tv before bed.
Safety checked in we ate our feast at a proper table, we no how to live the high life.
the landscape is overtaking with dirt piles extracted from under ground it really is a barren.
The afternoon was spent driving around the area looking at the makeshift homes the miners have made for themselves. 
I’m sure that very few have found their fortune.a interesting place to visit but harsh conditions to live permanently. This house was made out of beer cans. And I’m not sure I like some of the roads.
Or even cope with the toilet.
We drove to lighting ridge calling in on dirranbandi and Hebel on the way both small out back towns.
it also has a old tree in town that we stopped to admire.
our walk today was into town and back. The campsite had a happy hour where everyone sat around a fire listening to a guy sing along to the acoustic guitar, but we were the youngest there and the songs he was singing was way before our time so we decided to give it a miss. Anyway we’ve not had internet for a while so I needed to catch up.
goodbyes over we head north to seventeen seventy the place where captain cook first landed. So another beach walk and tea stop. 
