Bonus points to you if you know where Gilgandra actually is. We know, because that is where we are now. If you are an ignoramus, then Gilgandra (The Land of Coo-ees) is about 60km up the highway from Dubbo NSW. There is not a whole lot here, but the town centre has a good feel to it and there is an observatory, although it is only going to open in June : ( .
Rotary Caravan Park, Gilgandra NSWWhat they lack in terms of things to do and places to shop, they certainly make up for in grasshoppers and ants. There are lots and lots and lots of those!
The ants stream along in thick black lines that you might mistake for a crack in the pavement, before you take a closer look. You don't want to fall over in this town - you wouldn't lie there for very long because those ants will carry you off. (And there are LOTS of 'cracks' in those pavements. Scary.)
The grasshoppers were hopping as we parked our van, and the boys had a good deal of fun trying to catch them. (We told them the more they catch, the bigger our stirfry will be tonight!) Once they discovered that we wouldn't actually be eating them, Callum decided to feed the birds and proceeded to scewer them onto the barbs of the barbed wire fence. We did have a little discussion about this, just to establish that it is OK to do this to grasshoppers, but NOT OK to try it out with kittens or puppies! It wasn't a lengthy conversation.
There must be an outbreak of grasshoppers around these parts, because Duncan saw a truck pass us with millions of grasshopper corpses squished into the stone guard at the front of the windscreen. Also, a number of vans have pulled in looking like they have driven through a sh*t storm: lots of brown splodges all over the front of the van and on the car.
Hope they are gone by tomorrow.
The ants stream along in thick black lines that you might mistake for a crack in the pavement, before you take a closer look. You don't want to fall over in this town - you wouldn't lie there for very long because those ants will carry you off. (And there are LOTS of 'cracks' in those pavements. Scary.)
The grasshoppers were hopping as we parked our van, and the boys had a good deal of fun trying to catch them. (We told them the more they catch, the bigger our stirfry will be tonight!) Once they discovered that we wouldn't actually be eating them, Callum decided to feed the birds and proceeded to scewer them onto the barbs of the barbed wire fence. We did have a little discussion about this, just to establish that it is OK to do this to grasshoppers, but NOT OK to try it out with kittens or puppies! It wasn't a lengthy conversation.
There must be an outbreak of grasshoppers around these parts, because Duncan saw a truck pass us with millions of grasshopper corpses squished into the stone guard at the front of the windscreen. Also, a number of vans have pulled in looking like they have driven through a sh*t storm: lots of brown splodges all over the front of the van and on the car.
Hope they are gone by tomorrow.
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