ON THE ROAD TO THE WEDDING

Hello my lovelies

Papa and I set off really early to go to Jemma and Jimmy's wedding.  The wedding was on Saturday, so we headed down to Auntie Emma and Uncle Michael's on Friday afternoon and stayed the night so that we could head off really early from Brisbane. Papa set the alarm for just after 4.00am and we had a quick shower and then headed off.

I think we travelled a good couple of hours before stopping at a MacDonald's for breakfast - yummy egg and sausage muffin.  This time the dogs weren't in the back with their tongues hanging out begging for morsels.

Back in the car and the next stop was morning tea somewhere near the Clarence River.  I've just fished out a piece of paper from my bin.  The morning tea was at Ulmarra which, my bit of paper says, 

"A visit to Ulmarra is like stepping back in time as the village remains one of the finest examples of 19th Century riverport in Australia.  The entire village is classified by the National Trust.

The lattice work and colonial style of the Ulmarra Hotel attracts considerable comment as it nestles on the banks of the Clarence River.  The hotel and village were used as the location for the T.V. mini-series 'Fields of Fire' - a story based on life in a 1929 Queensland sugar cane town."  

Scenes from the film 'The Picture Show Man' were also shot here.

The Picture Show Man portrays the struggles of a travelling silent film projectionist in rural 1920's Australia, as he and his troupe travel from country town to country town."

I'd just like to point out that it wasn't the picture show man who was silent, it was the films that he was showing.

Here are a couple of photographs I took of the two little streets.

And the photograph below is where we sat and had our morning tea - Papa had already packed some goodies and a flask for a nice cuppa.  We sat opposite the Police Station and lovely little house with the Frangipani in the front yard.

More foties tomorrow.

Love Nanxxx