The Big Adventure Continues: Mole Creek, Tullampanga, Chudleigh, Deloraine 30th January

A Day At The Creek

Mosied on down to Mole Creek in time for the Day at the Creek music festival. People had turned out in force for the annual event the bands were fun - we particularly like Boil Up a 9 piece reggae, funk, soul band - great music fantastic harmonies. People danced non-stop and we found the evening to be very laid back so we joined the dancing throng and enjoyed the friendly atmosphere.

Ants Head Wrestling?

We found a spot to camp down the road and found ourselves fascinated by a couple of ants one being pulled along by the head Funny what you do when there is no TV eh?

Tullampanga

Next morning we decided to explore the Tullampanga (Allum Cliffs) area just on the outskirts of Mole Creek. Tullampanga a sacred celebration place for a number of Aboriginal Tribes because of the highly prized ochre found there.

Native Cherry Nut

Tulampanga is part of the Gog Range, with the beautiful Mersey river flowing through this dramatic gorge. The native cherry trees were fruiting so we enjoyed picking and eating some. The fruit is really only the hard nut on the end of a fleshy receptacle which gets more succulent and redder as the fruit ripens. The fruit tastes a bit like a cashew nut. We also enjoyed the red fleshy bits.

Chudleigh Community Garden

We arrived at Chudleigh mid morning. You get a sense of the community pride of Chudleigh residents from the immaculate rose gardens which extend along the full length of the town. It was definitely worth a stop and a visit to the Honey farm where you can enjoy free tastings, watch the bees make honey and raise their young through a glass hive and learn about the traditional

The Honey Farm

ways of honey collection around the world - very interesting and we devoured our delicious gourmet honey ice cream. The Honey Farm is run by a local family, they make their own ice cream and the best nougat I've ever had.

Chudleigh Who's Patricia Woods?

Meander River Deloraine

Not sure what this pic is about but I'm sure glad my name is not Mrs Patricia Woods (see plaque on restored home left. Click on photo to enlarge). Can anyone tell us more about this? The mind boggles!

Back on the road to Deloraine where Rob scored a great pair of jeans for $1. We were intending to stay here but after a few hours looking about we decided to move on.

Below are some other pics taken today we love - very pretty scenery - Just click on the photo to enlarge....