Beccy Cole Concert

Last night we went to the Tamworth Memorial Town Hall for a Beccy Cole concert. The seating was arranged around tables for eight, but two chairs at each table were not to be used. There was lots of space in the hall so it was very different to the normally crowded venues when Beccy performs in Tamworth.





We were woken before dawn by Tilly turning on the microwave. There are touch controls on the outside of the door and she found them! I took Blue for an early morning walk and put Tilly into his crate so we could all have a bit more sleep.

I went to town for coffee and a drive up the Oxley Scenic Lookout 3kms to the east of Tamworth CBD. The road to the lookout was built through a work for the dole program during the 1930s depression. The safety barriers are hand built low rock walls, but the road must have been recently upgraded as it is one of the smoothest stretches of bitumen I have ever driven on. The road climbs about 200m up one of the hills known as the Wentworth Mounds, part of the Moonbi Range which is a spur to the Great Dividing Range. We will drive up the steep Moonbi Range on the way to Armidale when we head home. I think the hills to the west of Tamworth are the Melville Range.



There are walking tracks from the lookout to a couple of peaks, but that is an activity for much cooler weather. I picked up the few groceries we needed and retreated to the air conditioned Bushtracker. I spent part of the afternoon cleaning the bathroom cupboard doors, ledges and walls - one less job to do when home.




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