For the two nights we stayed at Winton we watched an Australian Bush Poet called Melanie Hall (This is the area where Banjo Paterson wrote Waltzing Matilda). On the second night she asked Lauren and I to do a play which needed 4 children. No one else volunteered, so she dragged up Mum and Dad to help. I was the Shearer, Lauren was the red back spider, Mum was the Speeler and Dad was the Sheila. Mel dressed Dad up in a wig, a skirt and a shawl.
As Mel recited the poem, we had to act it out. The story was about a drunk shearer who fell asleep and the Sheila and Speeler were going to take his money. As they were about to steal his money, the red back spider (Lauren) went up behind the Sheila (Dad) and bit him on the bottom! We had lots of laughs and a great time.
The owners off the van park also provide a 3 course dinner each night and a musician before the poet.
Other things we saw in Winton were a green tree frog that lived in our power box – we named him Fred!
Lark Quarry was interesting and unique because you could stand where dinosaurs had walked millions of years ago. It is the only display in the world that shows a dinosaur stampede where the Aussie T-Rex chased a group of smaller dinosaurs for his dinner.
Other bizarre things we saw were the musical fence and Arno’s wall where a man has cemented lots of recycled junk into his wall – eg sewing machine, car wheels, engines and motorbikes.
Everyday now, I am going to put a Joke of the Day up on the Blog and see if you know the answer (put a comment on the blog). I’ll give the answer the next day if nobody gets it.
Today’s Joke of the Day – What’s grey, has big ears and a trunk ?
