Saturday, 17th June.
We had an easy, lazy morning, breakfasting alongside the racetrack while watching the sunrise and the horses doing their early morning trackwork (interrupted by a family of emus crossing the track), then, after showers in the jockeys'rooms (no, they are not jockey size), we drove into town to the shopping plaza which provided wifi to enable us to finally publish the last seven days' blogs while sipping coffee in one of the cafes there.
After that was done, we did some grocery shopping and then went in search of the Information Centre which was easily found but is closed on weekends so
Mike then checked the internet to discover what attractions were available to us and after a drive around the town, we drove about 9kms out of town to visit The Living Desert Sculptures, carved in sandstone by sculptors from Australia, Tiwi Bathurst Island, Syria, Georgia, Mexico and Azerbijan. All very impressive and well worth the $6 each entrance fee. On the way back into town, we called in to the Pro Hart Gallery, which at $3 each (pensioner price) was also well worth the entrance fee. The artwork is fabulous, much of it for sale but I'm afraid the prices are way out of our league. However, I did take a few photos which was probably a bit naughty!
Our last visit for the day was the Palace Hotel which featured in the film "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", taking a few photos and enjoying drinks in the front bar while watching the last ten minutes of the rugby union match between Scotland and Australia (Scotland won, boohoo) and chatting to a couple from Newcastle.
On our return to the Racecourse we found that all the caravan sites which had been vacated this morning were now filled again, a nice little earner for the Racing Club in the off season....something that could be done by other sporting clubs I think.
All in all, today was a very pleasant, restful day which is exactly what we wanted!
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