Sonya showed us photos of the house and outbuildings as they were when she and Terry bought the property about 12 years ago. The metal roof was rusted through, the floor had holes, the side boards were rotten. I don’t know how they had the nerve to buy it, but they did and restored it beautifully. The guest lounge has an ornate ceiling made of horse hair and plaster that Terry spent six months fixing up. It has been a B&B for ten years and recently they added a large tent for more profitable weddings that Sonya caters. Sounds like a lot of work, but the property is lovely. The cows come running when Sonya goes out with leftover bread to feed them! Pretty nice.
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| Hil, Sonya, and Meg, the dog, feed the cows a treat |
The sky was actually showing a little blue between the clouds so we were hopeful of better weather. Hilary drove south to the cute little village of Berry. These town are so pretty with no massive groceries or K-Marts. Berry has the Berry Butchery, the Berry Bakery, and the Berry Bottle Shop. What else does anyone need!
We headed westward inland and crossed the mountains that we had been fogged out of yesterday and into the lovely Kangaroo Valley. We didn’t see any kangaroos or wombats, but lots of healthy horses, cows and sheep and prosperous farms. We pulled into the parking lot for the Fitzroy Falls in the Morton National Park and hiked out a ways to an overlook for the falls which must fall straight down 300’. We hiked up and down the trail looking for the elusive Rockwarbler, but managed to see a Rufous Fantail.
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| A bizarre bridge! |
We soon turned onto the freeway that leads to Sydney and reached the Airport Holiday Inn by 3 PM. We checked in, thanks to Miss Hamlin’s executive points, and returned the Holden to Red Spot.
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| Fitzroy Falls |
We had dinner at the hotel which was quite good and started repacking for flying home tomorrow.
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