Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Day 5: Corowa Rest Day

The noise this morning was absolutely unbelievable. The kookaburras went to town and then the corellas fired up. I thought the city was noisy- you should try the country side in the early morning. Otherwise a very peaceful night and lovely caravan park.


This morning we had the Snail Bike Race. We had two trials and then the final with the winners of the trials competing against each other. Collis called the race and I was the time keeper. Theo was the official photographer. The rules changed a number of times throughout the race but we ended up with Annie against Melanie in the final. It was neck and neck for most of the race but Annie was the persistent one who has taken the trophy. Her prize is a meal of her choice tonight. Jane, Theo and Roger decided not to participate as competitors but made great adjudicators. Annie is officially the slowest rider on this leg.


Following this we were going to go for a bike ride to some wineries but some riders decided they would rather be driven around so the ride was called off. Melanie, Jane and Gareth came with us to the chocolate factory then onto 2 wineries and finishing off with Parker Pies in Rutherglen. Collis dropped the girls off up the shops for a bit of shopping therapy.

We went to the Fairy Bistro at Wahgunyah for dinner  and after walking across the bridge and up the slight incline, we are told that there is no food on a Wednesday night. So, as a group, we marched out, back across the bridge, past the caravan park and up a bigger hill to the Corowa Hotel. Dinner here was pretty good with the special for the night being Parma & a pot for $17.00. All meals were huge and Collis couldn't manage to finish his plus mine so we actually sent some food back.

The three in the unit held a post dinner drinkies. We all sat around outside but the mosquitoes drove us all back to our tents. Lots of alcohol left over. Annie & I stayed up for a little while playing the banana game- don't ask.


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