By Mike:

We have been in Australia for 10days now and except for going into Sydney for a day trip we haven’t been anywhere that hasn’t entailed looking at Camper vans, Mobile homes or cars.

That is all going to change today. We are off to the pub for Sunday lunch. However this being Australia the pub isn’t just on the corner of the street but will entail a 90 mile round trip.

On the way we go past signs for Windsor Castle Hill. Oops missed a comma. Should be, going past a sign for Windsor and another sign for Castle Hill.

We cross the Hawkesbury River on a ferry. This is similar to the Sandbanks ferry but smaller. Instead of running on chains it has steel cables.

As we progress to our destination the road changes from tar sealed to gravel. I am now starting to understand why we are going for a 4wd vehicle. The road is rutted and full of potholes but this doesn’t slow our driver John down.

When we finally arrive at St Albans it appears to be a pub in the middle of nowhere.

The meals were excellent I had home cured salmon with potato chips and salad. The others had risotto with ¼ chicken each. I washed my meal down with a bottle of Redback beer; this is produced in Western Australia.

We had a short stroll to the river, where I noticed a sign stating that the road was originally part of the Great North Road convict trail.

Lunch over and our exercise taken we pile back into the car and make our way back..

Here’s a map of our route