I was up at sparrowfart so that we could get away relatively early. I started to do more loading at about half past seven. We had it all done by a quarter past ten and we drove to the Glenriddle Recreation Reserve. As I was setting up, I realised that I didn't have the Chapter flag with me and I was supposed to be handing it to John and Vicki to take to the Forbes Rally. As John was planning to come to Glenriddle at about lunchtime, I had to drive back to Barraba in the Terios so that I could take the flag and the flagpole to John's place before he set off'. While I was in town I visited the Bakery and found that they had beestings so I bought myself a treat for the good work I had done (Jean got one too).
We found that the North West Nomads Chapter had rescheduled their meeting at Glenriddle from last weekend to this weekend so we will have plenty of company even if only a few Highway Wanderers turn up.
As well as ourselves and John and Vicki, one other Highway Wanderers couple had turned up so we were not a big gathering.
Happy hour was well attended with the presence a dozen or so North West Nomads. I invited them all to the winery visit we had planned for tomorrow but didn't get much response.
It was pretty cold overnight so we were glad to have all our doonas with us. The day was clear and bright. I had to go to Barraba for some shopping as I had forgotten to load some necessities and I needed the weekend paper. We were able to get some supplies for people camped with us.
As we were having morning tea, someone remarked that there was a wallaby trapped under the grid at the entrance to the Reserve. A posse of men went to see if the poor animal could be released but it wasn't possible to get it out the way it had got in. We had to assemble some tools so that we could lift the grid far enough to release the wallaby. Getting the grid back in place was almost more work than getting it up but we succeeded and the wallaby, after a few minutes of shock, recovered its composure and hopped off up the road. We all felt we had done something good.
After lunch four of us went to the Mille Park Winery. We were warmly welcomed and had the usual good time. Bill and Barbara Rumsby are really good hosts.We came back with four bottles of Cooler (sparkling white wine with fruit flavour - passionfruit and mango). The other couple bought six bottles of wine so it was a successful afternoon for the winery even though we were so few,
At happy hour one of our colleagues volunteered for the job of Eco-Camping Australia Self-containment Inspector which was very much appreciated.
It was quite warm overnight because the clear weather had gone and it was quite cloudy. The sky cleared during the morning but a hot northerly wind set in making it quite unpleasant.
I had been asked to certify a vehicle which had previously certified under the Self-containment Certification Scheme when it was operating in the CMCA. I took the details from the previous certification and prepared a new certification on the Eco-Camping Australia forms. I was able to hand him his new certification at morning tea.
I had to spend some time printing documents for the new volunteer. While I was doing this I found some typos in the documentation so I had to make some corrections so the morning was filled with "work".
We were blown away from happy hour by a sudden blustery sou-wester.