34. Pub in the Paddock & Legerwood

We were very organised and packed up early from Bay of Fires and headed towards Scottsdale, thinking we might stay at Lilydale. Anyway 20km down the road, first stop, Pub in the Paddock!

A random pub in the paddock and to celebrate Shane and Rod had a beer and the kids and Bianca paid $1 to feed the pigs beer! It was so cute. Mumma pig also had 3 piglets which were very cute too; they didn’t drink beer.

We sat in the pub and read the many things on the wall from sayings to newspaper clippings of people in the area. There were also many pictures of bike riders who have visited the pub including Mick Doohan. There was also a cheese factory just 1km down the road so we had to stop there too.

At the cheese factory they were making cheese which you could view through the window. The cows were getting milked by robots, which was pretty interesting to watch and of course the free cheese tasting; we only bought 2 types.

We left there and headed for Legerwood – a town where there are tree stumps (very big ones) which have been cut down and carved into memorial pieces reflecting people who lived there who died in the war. Truly amazing and very special for the locals. We ended up having lunch here in the park.

We left there and drove through Scottsdale, which looked pretty nice and headed for Lilydale free camp; recommended by people as being quite nice. It wasn’t much chop!

We drove on and thought we would just stay in Launceston; we could only find one caravan park in town so that is where we stayed. Treasure Island Caravan Park. It wasn’t too bad. The facilities were nice, the sites were level, there was water and power however again, not a great deal for the kids. But Mitchell, Rhys and Tiffany seemed to entertain themselves returning to the vans on dark to have showers and help with dinner.

Dinner: baked potatoes with sour cream and filling – very nice! We even got tv reception so we sat and ate and watched a bit of tv.

Photos: Pub in the Paddock
Video: Rhys feeding the pig beer (not sure link will work for this)