April 17 ... Manilla

Bingara Countryside

We eventually got away in the late morning of Sunday 17th April, our 35th Wedding Anniversary. The house and yard looked great! and we were a little bit sorry to be leaving Caddie, but it was good to know that someone was in the house and looking after things.

It was cool and showery so we stopped in Inverell for a hot lunch. The drive down through Bingara, and Barraba was very scenic and we noted that both would be nice places to stay in the future. We called briefly at the Myall Creek Massacre Site and read the inscriptions. In Australian history Myall Creek is important because it is the first time that a white man was tried and hung for the murder of aborigines.
In the late afternoon we arrived in Manilla and immediately we could see that it was a lovely town with very wide streets and lots of beautiful old houses and buildings. The park was beside the river and it was excellent. It was quite a happy surprise to be joined for afternoon tea by Trish and Andrew who were in Manilla visiting relatives. As soon as the sun set though we were satisfied to have an early night after a fairly tiring day.