Went into Bright today. Bright is one of the prettiest towns I think I have ever seen in Australia. It is very green with lots of lovely gardens and trees with mountains as the backdrop. Bright (and this whole area) is renown for having four seasons with autumn being its most colourful. We are about a month too early to really enjoy the autumn colours but already we can see that the trees are changing colour. It would be spectacular to see. It is a stunning area and the town of Bright is quite delightful. Would be great to see it in winter when there is snow in the district. Lots of cafes, restaurants and nice shops. Just outside of town are the old tobacco sheds which comprise 26 rooms (yes 26) of bric brac and antiques including books, records, crockery, cutlery you name they had it! Amazing so much stuff. Also amazing that a lot of the stuff they were selling is probably stuff we would toss or give to Good Sammy’s and it wasn’t cheap. There are heaps of walking and bike trails around the town and we are very close to Mt Buffalo and Mt Beauty. We saw a brushtail possum in the park last night. Not sure what he is eating, looks like a chestnut we have seen a lot of chestnuts for sale in this area. There are lots in this park apparently and the odd wombat. Saw another echnida today driving into Bright - the fourth we have seen – they are really cute. This one got really close to John right up to his feet which surprised us. John went for a kayak on the Buckland that borders the caravan park to catch trout – yes they are in there but no joy. On his way to the shower he was accosted by a duck! He saw the duck land on the river and onto to land and John ‘quacked quacked’ at it and it came waddling up to him and wouldn’t leave him alone. It was so funny this duck just kept nibbling his arms and then started climbing up him and landed on his head. It was hilarious never seen anything like it. It followed him to the showers and eventually headed back to the river. Unfortunately my photos of the duck and John aren’t good but hopefully you can see the funniness. later in the evening we heard quite a commotion outside the van and I thought it was a koala but it was actually two brushtail possums arguing with each other.
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