Wednesday saw a bit of a lay day, basically in preparation for our trip back to Medlow Bath the next day. We decided to use the bus service down to Sydney and booked online leaving Port Macquarie at 4:50am. Joy was more than happy for us to be on this one as she is an early riser (often starts at the deli before 6am) and as she has to do a stock-take on Thursday she was quite happy to make it an early start.
The day was get another glorious one in Wauchope, and with the temperature getting to 28-29 degrees that afternoon they really don't know what winter is, especially when you compare it to Central Otago. We went for a good long walk in the morning, before arriving back at the supermarket to check in on Joy.
Wauchope is an interesting town of about 6 000, though it services an area of about 10 000 people. The original village was founded in 1836 and named after Captain Robert Waugh (he had dropped the ope, from his name after a family dispute) alongside the Hastings River, and 20km west of Port Macquarie. Wauchope's economy was traditionally based on the timber industry. At different stages in its history, more timber was transported out of Wauchope than out of any other town in Australia (via the Wauchope railway station). Timber out of Wauchope was used in the construction of the Sydney Opera House. Timbertown, which is located in the outskirts of the town, is a heritage theme park based around the logging industry and is similar to Shantytown in Greymouth, NZ. Farming is now the prevalent industry in the area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wauchope,_New_South_Wales
During the afternoon I whipped up one of my signature dish "rolled pavlovas" that we could enjoy with of or dessert that night, packed our bags and enjoyed the heat.
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| Eat your heart out Jimmy Watson! |
It was very much an early night as we all had an early start and a big day ahead of us. It was also hard to believe that we had been in Wauchope for a week, and that it was ten days since Joy and Peter came to Medlow Bath to pick us up.
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