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Last night was COLD!!!!

 

I met a hugely friendly drunk (Brett) in the camp kitchen, who wanted to buy my painting (If I could just meet more hopeless drunks I could sell hundreds).  Brett is a house painter, and was up with the lark next morning to get off to work (“there’s more work than I know what to do with”)

 

Our neighbours Pamela and Ron parked a bit too close for comfort, but it was only their second time backing their truck into a space.  They showed me around their tent – HUGE!! It’s a camper trailer that folds out into a 2 storey palace, you go up a staircase (not a ladder) to bed on the mezzanine! 

 

Tamworth is Australia’s country music capital, sadly we are missing the annual festival by 2 weeks, but we did go to a great museum and see Slim Dusty’s guitar.  And we were moved to begin writing a country and western song of our own about the trip, which is going to while away quite a few hours on the road.