Hallidays Point – Dec 2019 – Hallidays Point

The final day of our travels to Hallidays Point was filled with silo art, street art and big things.

Day 4

The first stop today was a local one. Merriwa is home to a painted silo.

Muswellbrook & Singleton

We hit the road, and then took a slight detour to Muswellbrook and Singleton. Like many of the towns we breeze through, there is more to explore in these two but today we are on our way elsewhere, so some specific highlights were in our sights. In Muswellbrook we stopped at the Big Blue Heeler, while at Singleton it was their big sundial.

The stop at Muswellbrook proved interesting. The Big Blue Heeler is located next to the council offices in the centre of town, and we had parked in the council car park behind the building. Not knowing any better of course, when it came time to leave we found there was no simple exit. The car park was somewhat T-shaped, and we were parked along the top of the T with the only exit now behind us. Fortunately the car park wasn’t overly busy, and we managed a 3-point turn with Megan out back directing during the reversing phase. Lesson learned about city parking though.

Kurri Kurri

After Singleton we rejoined our main route, but quickly exited again into the town of Kurri Kurri. I’d been here once before, as it is (was?) home to an aluminium smelter owned by Alcan (now Capral) for which I worked in the distant past. This time however, it was for lunch and for some more art and big things. Kurri Kurri is now home to a bunch of street art as well as the Big Kookaburra. It is also a town from I’ve Been Everywhere, so it ticked off items on all three of our lists. Win!

Hallidays Point

Finally, mid-afternoon, we pulled into the Big 4 at Hallidays Point and performed a basic set up before heading out once more to visit dad.