So, here we are on our journey to meet Gay at her Springhills Country Craft Retreat.
Along the red road,
a warm welcome from some of the locals (don't think they get a lot of tour buses),
Turn near the Amby International Airport, (no need for Customs & Immigration today - we cleared in Brisbane ),
turn right at the Amby (no horse) Golf Course. Continue on with the Amby Cemetary on your right - about 4 kms more and there's Gay's retreat.
Greeted in true cointry style with a bountiful morning tea.
Gay's granddaughters drew welcomingcards for us.
Beautiful Australian printed cottons.
Plenty of room to sit and stitch.
Surprise - more fabrics for sale.
Self-catering kitchen.
Room for 4 in this bed room and 3 in another.
This charming Retreat is set among Wilga trees on 27,000 acres. They currently have 800 ewes about to lamb and 800 cattle. (Gay, if I've got my numbers mixed let me know and I'll edit)
The sheep are grown with their fibre - merino. Wild birds and the trees swishing in the wind were the only noises we heard. An absolute treat.
One of Gay's tales....
A few years back when the drought was particularly bad they trucked in tonnes of food for their cattle. Sugar cane, other dry fed and pumpkins. The following year after a little rain they had loads of pumpkins along the creek where the cattle had been fed.
There's even a quilt to commemorate.
We didn't see the donkeys, but we were told that Dingos(native dogs) were killing the sheep, so someone suggested they got in donkeys. To date, it working!
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