We enjoyed our stay at Hay, a very RV friendly town. Plenty of free camping, fresh water, toilets & showers if needed at the Info Centre. In the main street a large parking area for motorhomes & caravans along with fresh water tap. It was here we met 6 french backpackers who had decided to camp in the carpark around the tap. We arrived to fill up with water and they had to hastily pack up and move out of the way. They didnt know about the riverside camp with toilets, bbqs and lots of trees & grass plus a nice sandy swimming area. When we told them also that there were two french girls camping down there, they were off!!!!!!!!! We discovered a 1959 Plymouth Belvedere in the front yard of a very old chaps house way out in the sticks. He happily showed us the car and said "its for sale" YAY we thought, but then he was asking $20,000 and we had to shake our heads and say NO. He obviously hadnt driven it for quite a while as it was full of cobwebs under the hood and inside the drivers seat. This little bus caught our eye as well. We are always on the lookout for an old car for Rick and spotted something under some green shade cloth in someones front yard. As luck happens we met the owne'rs grandson and he told us grandpa had a 1926 Studebaker Pickup under the tarp just wasting away. Grandson had high hopes of getting it one day.
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For these pictures we had to climb barb wire fencing and wander into a cow paddock. Couldnt resist but. Was praying a herd of wild cattle didnt take exception to us in their territory. We had just seen a poor kangaroo that hadnt made it while trying to straddle the barbed wire fence and that made us sad. The car above is prob. all we could afford these days Rick states. He was a very happy man though when a caravan came into our camp ground being towed by a 1935 Ford Coupe. The poor man barely had his ignition off when Rick pounced. Sadly they left early the next day and I didnt get a pic. On their way to the Nationals in Qld. More on Hay next time.
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