Oh what a lovely sound is rain on the roof. That’s right rain! It started raining early in the morning and I love snuggling up in our cosy bed dozing with the sound of pattering raindrops.

It didn’t rain for very long and when I finally got out of bed everything outside looked quite dry and there was blue sky.

I thought I’d better er go for a last paddle before we left the next morning so off I went with Rich settled in again with his book.

It was quite windy by the time I made it out on the water so my plan to go right from Kangaroo Beach was not a good one. The wind was pushing me to go the other way so I changed plans and headed west. I paddled around the point and past main beach before the wind became too strong and I decided to call it quits. It’s no fun paddling into a head wind.

It is so peaceful out on the water. Dunns Swamp is a haven for aquatic birds and animals. I saw divers ducks, more hens, thousands of dragon flies and all day we were companies by the noise of cicadas. The water is so clear you can see right down into the reeds and see small fish darting about.

By the time I arrived back at camp I’d been an hour and a half so probably an hour of paddling. That’s not bad for this little old lady!

Late in the afternoon it came over very overcast and gloomy. It surely looked like rain. We made the decision to pack up and head into Rylstone before the rain came. Half an hour later we were all packed up and driving out of the Ganguddy Campground. What a fabulous week it had been.

Sure enough the rain started as we were driving towards Rylstone and it was still raining when we pulled into the little caravan park and set up. Rysltone has renovated its little council run caravan park and they’ve done a fabulous job. The sites are large with power and water on bollards between each two sites. It looks like the whole area had recently been turfed and we were given a lovely grassy site. There is no caretaker on site and to book you can go online or call the office. We called and a lovely lady helped book us in. We received an email with the booking details and the code for the amenities block. The amenities block is brand new. There is a laundry for guest use and a dump point. A powered site was $36 per night. Well done Rylstone for your great little park.

As we had plenty of water and power I managed to get three loads of washing done and gave the inside of the motorhome a bit of a clean. Then the motorhome looked like a Chinese laundry with washing hanging everywhere!

We walked up into the Main Street. Passing by the Rylstone Hotel we spied a ute that looked like it might have belonged to Mick Taylor. I just had to get a photo of the bear on the bull bar. The owner of the ute saw us looking and came over for a chat. He explained that he’d found the bear in a drainage ditch, rescued it and gave it echidna spikes for hand claws and crocodile teeth for feet claws. He said he’d been a crocodile poacher, a buffalo hunter amongst other jobs and he looked and sounded like it too! What do you think of the bear?

We strolled along the street and chose the Globe Hotel for a beer and dinner. While we were a little disappointed in the meals the hospitality of that country pub was fabulous. The publican came to greet us and have a chat recognising that we weren’t locals. The bistro staff were super friendly and so we enjoyed our night out.