BARN HILL - 28 JUNE TO 28 JULY 2014

Well, here we are in Barn Hill, three and a half weeks into our stay.  The time has just flown and we are wishing we could stay here for longer.  It is hard to say why we love it here so much.  There is a beautiful beach which extends both north and south with wonderful rock formations, no flies and no mosquitoes, Tai Chi each morning, the bowling green is fairly well covered with grass, fresh bread, vanilla slices and lamingtons each day all cooked at the station, and the people here are very friendly.  Perhaps the best way is to try to do it with pictures rather than words.

The road into Barn Hill - 10km of dirt with speed humps and gates

 

 

Our campsite

 

The caravan park

 

 

The caravan park

 

 

THE BIRDLIFE:

Osprey

 

Pied Oyster Catchers

 

ON THE BOWLING GREEN:

 

Social bowls competition is held each Thursday.  On our second week of competing my team actually won the finals - more a matter of good luck and good team mates than good playing on my part.  Our third week here was the Barn Hill Championship which went over the whole week.  Brian's team unfortunately was knocked out in the semi finals.

 

Brian on the green

 

 

The bowling green could do with a bit more grass

 

My winning team

 

 

ON THE BEACH:

 

 

 



Lovely rock pools at low tide

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steps down to the beach

 

 

Over 20 boats went fishing on this day

 

 

Walking on the beach

 

Another view of the stairs to the beach

 

 

 

There are some amazing rock formations along the beach - you may have to use your imagination to see some of the shapes I see!

 

 

Labrador

 

 

Owl

 

 

The Sphinx

 

 

There have been many wonderful sunsets over the last few weeks.  We often walk down to the top of the steps at sunset with a drink in hand and enjoy the spectacle.

 



 

Stairway to the sun

 

Sunset through a wine glass!

 

 

As I mentioned, there is a Tai Chi group each morning which has quite a good following:

 

 



 

 

 

Brian and Neil - not quite in sync

 

 

Market day is each Sunday morning.  Brian sets up a stall each week and has been going quite well.  He has almost sold out of all his stock.

 

 

 

 

At happy hour on Friday night we join in a game of Left Right and Centre.  This is a dice game which requires no skill, just a certain amount of luck.  There are generally two tables of up to 20 people and it costs $1 to play, so the winner wins the centre of $20.  Lots of laughs.

 

 

 

So, only five days to go before we leave this magical place.  Then on to 80 Mile Beach for a week.  We have caught up here with several friends that we have met along the way, plus the other regulars who come to Barn Hill every year.