Two BTs heading South from Milparinka. Boggers ?

Hiya Willie,
Good to look at your words again and "NOPE" it wasn't us...unfortunately...we're locked into Motel Mode for the foreseeable future in Armidale.....Maybe next year...

When you get to Mt Browne, if you see the owners, say G'Day to Ray & Pam for us... I think they had a Kedron van last time we spoke to them. They were getting ready to shear 5000 sheep.

The dam up on the hill behind the old homestead ruin had some huge yabbies in it as did the dam with the dry blowers next to it, so drop your pots in if you have them with you.

Ray found a nugget in the dirt against the wall of the old homestead ruin when we were there...I reckon he "Salted" it there. It was the wall facing the dam uphill from the Homestead. He was using a little Garrett detector.....no accounting for style.

We didn't get lucky with nuggets for our week there....found plenty of bullets though...GASP.

Keep well
Cheers
Rick

Hi Willie,
Yes, how things change, we were there 2 years ago and would still be there if we had our way...loved the place and the pub in Milparinka has good food and a great atmosphere.

No I didn't glow in the dark but we didn't eat the yabbies from the house dam....we got ours at the dam by the dry blowers and that was where all the sheep drank from and they didn't glow after sunset Ha Ha Ha...

There was 2 other couples camped close to the house dam and they feasted long and hard on the yabbies there. Although we did meet up with them about a week later on the road to Coongie Lake and they had survived that long at least.

WOW you are the Gold Guru......I'm tagging along with you next time....you can find the gold and I'll collect the old bullets. TOP MARKS....

We bought this motel in March and sold our better performers to help pay for the contract costs of getting the sale of the motel processed.... We got out of A1 Minerals at 38.50 and did really well there and I sold Robust too soon at 125.00.... however I only paid 20.50 for them so I wasn't complaining about that.

Since then I've been consumed with our motel and getting it just the way we want it...really paying off for us too as we have increased the occupancy to 78% in our 6 months of ownership and so many regular and repeat guests on a steadily increasing client base.

We were hoping to take a couple of weeks off when it got quieter in November, but it looks like we'll have to use that break time to go to QLD to sort out my mother's estate.

She was admitted to hospital on my birthday ( August 5th) and passed away 20 days later. (Cancer) I had to make the funeral arrangements from here in Armidale and Julie looked after the motel whilst I made several trips to QLD to see my mother before she passed away. So Sad.

Now it will be next year before we can hook up the BT and head bush.

How is your 200 series going?? Are you having any of the oil usage & tail shaft clunk problems that the earlier ones suffered??? How does "ELVIS" like being pulled so quickly??

We're thinking of getting one next year and were hoping they might have been first of the model problems that may have been rectified by now.

Well Mate.....if you're cruising through Armidale at any time, pop in for a chat and we'll put the billy on.

Cheers
Rick

Hi all,
We are planning to travel from Qld into Nth NSW in the next few weeks and the mention of Yabbies and Gold caught our attention.
Could you please give us some details on the Mt. Browne Woolshed as mentioned in your post, ie, where, in relation to Milparinka, is permission required, or any details relevant to access?
Cheers,
Ken

Willie,

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.

Ken