A day trip

 A few days after I got home from my holiday we decided to take a day trip up to Roxburgh to buy some stone fruit. So after breakfast and the essential housework, dishes and beds, we got on the road. It was a good day for travelling and we made good progress. 

Our first stop was a comfort stop at Lawrence where the public toilets are guarded by a statue of a gold miner who seems to be looking to the hills and working out his route.

Then on to Roxburgh where we took a stroll along the main street and did some window shopping. Not a lot of the shops were open in this small rural town, we had travelled on a Tuesday which seemed to be when they closed for the day. But never mind, our favourite cafe was open and we went in for lunch. 

We opted for fresh scones with cream and fresh apricot jam. Fresh as in we were in apricot country and the jam was made from this season's fruit from one of the orchards.

I also browsed the gift shop, the cafe and gift shop are combined, but didn't see anything that took my fancy. 

After lunch it was time to head home, checking out the roadside fruit stalls on the way.

We usually buy enough fruit  to share amongst the family but this time only got enough for ourselves and youngest daughter. Eldest daughter goes through once a fortnight and number one son has just been holidaying up that way.

Just the other side of Lawrence is the site of one of the Chinese goldfield camps. We'd seen the sign several times on our way through on previous years and decided to take a look on our way home. It was disappointing in that there were only a couple of buildings still standing. One was the renovated Joss House, or meeting house, which the locals call the Chinese church, and the old hotel.

Even so the information on the notice boards was very interesting and informative.

That's it for now.

Diana

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