Willows was a big disappointment. A bigger town as tiny towns go than Sapphire, and a bit neater with grid streets, but that's about all you can say for it. 2 caravan parks, one of which has a sort of shop with limited supplies- 70 kms from Emerald so a long way to the grocer's.
One of our neighbours here has a broken ankle and is stuck here for another 5 and a half weeks. His wife was saying thank goodness they got stuck in a nice place and not at Willows, and now we can see what she meant! This poor guy was all hitched up ready to drive off when he fell and broke his ankle. They had to go to the hospital in Emerald, and wait there for most of the day as you do, so she was worried about coming back in the dark and having to set up the caravan by herself, but when they arrived it was all done courtesy of a couple of the guys here. Later they moved the caravan to a more convenient spot for her plaster-clad husband, again these men did the whole lot for her so she didn't have to do a thing. Nice people.
But imagine having your leg in plaster in a caravan!
The biggest disappointment was our inability to find anywhere to fossick, no creek, bumpy tracks, not very promising looking at all so we didn't even try, simply drove back to Sapphire. Just as well we didn't find a pleasant spot for morning tea, because I'd forgotten to include the tea or coffee- just thermos of hot water, milk, spoons, sugar, biscuits and cups.
John has decided to move on to Emerald with us, staying at the showground so we've booked in the two vans for a couple of days. John and Marg have only had a quick look at Emerald on the way through and they want to see Fairbairn Dam and the lake. We'll probably have a picnic in the very attractive picnic area there (I'll try not to forget the tea this time).
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