Warm and sunny
Cycle: 28.5km
Due to the one hour time change, our body clocks have not yet adjusted, so we had a little sleep in until 6:30am (it was 5:30 in QLD though). We weren't in any hurry to get up as we only needed to leave at 8:30am as nothing we wanted to visit opened before 9am.
On the way back into the city we thought we might like to visit the Tamworth PowerStation Museum, but as it was nearing midday, Gunther announced that he would prefer to check out the Botanical Gardens, so we consulted Google Maps and off we went. None of us knew it was on top the only hill in Tamworth, and it was quite a climb (not really when you have a look at the elevation profile but it felt like Mt Everest at the time); Greg was in granny gear and Wendy ran out of gears! We both made it to the top though. The Gardens themselves were not much and quite disappointing. We all enjoyed the downhill run into the city and stopped off to check out the old railway station which is still functional.
We have been having issues with our left-hand indicator light on the van since the weekend at Woodgate late last year. Gunther and Greg spent hours looking for the fault (at home after that Woodgate weekend), finding the fault and supposedly fixing it. However, half way to Warwick we noticed it was not working again (the light on the dash flickers really quickly and the noise gets faster as well). When we checked it at Warwick it worked so thought it had fixed itself but when we drove out yesterday morning, the blinker went stupid again. We knew we had two days in Tamworth to try and sort it, and today was the day. Greg started and when Gunther emerged from his afternoon nap, helped Greg sort it - well we hope we have fixed it. Ended up having to use a spare wire (the one for the reversing light - there isn’t one on a van) and connect a new bit of wire onto it. After a lot of perseverance, the two boys got the job done and Gunther’s multi-meter told us it was fixed. Only time will tell though (no further incidents occurred).
It was then time to get ready for dinner. As tonight is a Thursday, we have to go out for dinner. We had seen a Tamworth Courtesy Bus dropping someone off last night so checked it out on our wander through the city this morning, and then booked the bus for a 6:30pm pickup. We chose the upstairs restaurant where you paid $23 for all you can eat - seafood, carvery, Chinese, salads and dessert. We all over indulged to various extents but were still able to waddle out of the venue to catch the 8pm bus back to the van park. We then sat and chatted for a while before heading off to complete the evening routine
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