Ilfracombe

Langenbaker House

Evan's Diary Entry:

Today my family and I went to the Ilfracombe pool and spa.

Me and Sarah went in the spa with Harry, then we went in the pool. It was cold. But Harry stayed in the spa because he thought the pool was too cold.  He also kept pressing the spa on/off button. But the only reason that the pool was cold was that the spa was hot as.

Today we went to the machinery mile which is actually 1 km long.  There was so much machinery that it took about half an hour to finish climbing all over it.  That day was a fun day.

We loved Ilfracombe, and were so happy that we decided to stay there.  It was a lovely, friendly little town, that we later found out was the birth place of our Governor General, Quentin Bryce.  We stayed in the Caravan Park for a few days and used it a base to head to Longreach and explore there.  I'll blog about Longreach next time.  We managed to spend ANZAC day in Ilfracombe and I will make that the subject of a later blog also.

My diary entry for 23/4/07 is as follows:

Looked at the Machinery Mile
Swam in spa at Ilfracombe - free!

Staying at a lovely caravan park that is very friendly.  Happy hours each night mean you meet and get to know the other guests.  They are all baby boomers so not quite our demographic group. The park owners Jessie and Cath have 4 kids - Jessica 14, Holly, Chloe and Jaxon 4. Our kids got on well playing with them and their little dog Gypsy.

I remember how fantastic the machinery mile was.  It was literally a mile of an assortment of farm equipment, old trucks and bits of trains etc.  It was arranged right up the highway through the centre of Ilfracombe. It was free to visit and for the kids to climb all over, which they did.  There were so many interesting bits of machinery that the boys, in particular, were enthralled.  It was an amazing collection.