There were heaps of big old man Emus along the road sides coming across the Moree Plains...
,An this stunning tromp le'oil on the front of a CWA hall. The hall was literally in the middle of nowhere...
Lightning Ridge and Inverell are like chalk and cheese. Inverell is so classically conservative protestant and pastoral. The churches reflect the strong Protestant foundation of the town, this is the Uniting Church.
Jenelle thinks this church, the Presbyterian, should be on top a wedding cake it is so cute...
Inverell is in the foot hills of the New England Tableland with it old world charm especially in the parks and gardens. The autumn colours were just about finished...
The locals say the autumn colours are best in late April and early May. We still found some magic vista though..
The Inverell Court House dates from 1886...
The Town Hall is from a similar era...
The main street is very very cute...
The next morning after a bit of rain the day before we woke to a heavy fog. Down on Lake Inverell the fog made a very ethereal photo opportunity...
Inverell supposedly produces 80% of the world's Sapphires. We set out to find our share..
Inverell was founded predominately by Scottish settlers and this heritages is reflected in many monuments including this Cairn made of stone.
One of the advantages of wandering in the bush early in the morning is that you come across some wonderful wildlife...
We were in Inverell for 3 nights. On our second day it bucketed down rain. We couldn't complain because it was the first really rainy day we had had on our trip and Inverell was in the middle of long drought. Our plans for fossicking thwarted by the rain we took a drive to Glen Innes instead and discovered a gem of another kind.
