Highs and silos!

When Nick first suggested driving down to Melbourne (where we were holidaying for a week with friends), I wasn't keen. As I thought more about the drive though, I saw the potential for an inland road trip.

It was just the two of us, so we drove in the red car - with the back seats down to hold more gear.

Our adventure started early on the day of departure - cos Nick was booked for an eye injection after night-shift.  In the circumstances I was the driver from home to Moree, our first night's stop.

Soaking in the thermal pools had been high on my wishlist.  We had an extended wallow not long after arrival and I managed a quickish dip the next morning also.

We hadn't booked accommodation beyond the first night and our half-plan for the next night was altered around morning tea time on Day 2.  Plan B saw us heading to Rochester (after our excellent Finley bakery lunch break) to view two more silos.

While ordering our award-winning pies at the bakery, the lady serving us complimented me on my camera and suggested we view the mural in one of the town's sidestreets.  We're glad we did!

The Brim silos were painted during our "Victorian Era" and we visited them in April 2016, only a few months after completion.  More silos were painted after those and we viewed them in December of the same year - as a 750km day-trip!  I was aware of other silos being completed after our relocation to Queensland but hadn't considered we'd get to see them on this trip.

Nick suggested the detour to Rochester and we were super impressed with the beautiful artwork there.  The sugar glider had been painted on the concrete silo while the kingfisher was on a metal tank.  Those textures increased the impact of the two subjects.  The glider almost seemed to have softer fur, whereas the kingfisher's feathers were more crisply defined.  Both were gorgeous!