We are spending the weekend in Manilla, NSW just west of Tamworth.
What a lovely little town. The people are all very welcoming and pleasant. They take pride in their town as is shown by just how clean it is.
I got some great bargains in their department store which sells just about everything from baby needs to fertilizer.
Will be interesting to see what the Chicken, spinach and pine nut sausages are like when we have them for tea tonight.
The RSL has a very good Chinese restaurant and on Friday nights have a buffet and meat raffles.
Saturday markets were on this morning and whilst small by most standards I got some good bargains there too and the sausage sizzle was a bit of alright.
The Rivergums caravan park where we are staying is very nice, lots of shade and 700mtrs from the main street means that you get a good night's sleep.
The amenities are very old but spotlessly clean, I think they even give the resident green tree frog a shower most days. Oh and it's pet friendly too.
Blue likes it here as he can put his yabbie pots in the river and can fish to his heart's content.
We will definitely come back here if we are in the area again
AmandaJayne said
11:52 AM Sep 24, 2011
sounds wonderful will have to take note of this on the maps :) thanx for so much info for the area .. sounds like you are having a ball there :)
Happywanderer said
12:13 PM Sep 24, 2011
Will put that recommendation in my little book Ma, sounds lovely.
Esmeralda said
12:22 PM Sep 24, 2011
Sounds like a nice place Ma - by the way my local(ish) butcher has chicken, spinach and pinenut sausages and they are yummy!!
lilly31 said
12:33 PM Sep 24, 2011
Yes manilla is alway lovely and clean there is also a caravan park on the edge of keepit dam called Manilla Ski Gardens it few ks out of town .old but ok and right on water edge ....
sorry about miss spelling
-- Edited by lilly31 on Sunday 25th of September 2011 05:47:14 AM
-- Edited by lilly31 on Sunday 25th of September 2011 05:50:13 AM
Cruising Granny said
03:13 PM Sep 24, 2011
So is it "Mallina" or "Manilla". I'm confused. It sounds like a happy, quaint little town. I like them. Always restful and easy going.
Ma said
03:20 PM Sep 24, 2011
Definitely MANILLA Christine
lyn-n-ken said
03:49 PM Sep 24, 2011
hi ma
sounds great, how much a night
lyn
Ma said
04:22 PM Sep 24, 2011
$23 per night. drive thru sites and quite large too
-- Edited by Ma on Saturday 24th of September 2011 04:23:11 PM
Gerty Dancer said
04:26 PM Sep 24, 2011
Sounds great Ma, enjoy.
I LOVE your new avatar, what a fantastic photo!
Beth54 said
04:50 PM Sep 24, 2011
Hey Ma, my sister and b-i-l are just up the road at Lake Keepit.
Ma said
05:19 PM Sep 24, 2011
That was sun rise at Westmar in QLD Beth
Gerty Dancer said
08:03 PM Sep 24, 2011
Sun rise? You mean you were up that early!? Wow, Ma, you have my respect!
Elle on Wheels said
10:05 PM Sep 24, 2011
Sounds great - I'll put it on my list
Ma said
07:38 AM Sep 25, 2011
Gerty Dancer wrote:
Sun rise? You mean you were up that early!? Wow, Ma, you have my respect!
Gerty, I had already been up, showered, cooked brekky, packed up most things ready to move on and was on my second cup of coffee BEFORE this pic was taken
jimricho said
07:46 AM Sep 25, 2011
It's a very pretty part of the world. Likewise Bingara to the north, also Copeton Dam and Inverell north-east of Bingara.
Ma said
07:52 AM Sep 25, 2011
We spent three nights on the river at Bingara before coming to Manilla Jim.
They were letting water out of the BOTTOM of the dam at the time so the water was extremely cold and the only fish there were carp.
Very pretty spot as you say and very popular so if you want a "waterfront" view.......GET THERE EARLY!!
jimricho said
08:08 AM Sep 25, 2011
If I'd drilled down through the forum I'd have seen your earlier post re Bingara. I've been on the road for several days and hadn't logged in so I missed it. I also admit to being biased re that part of the world as I lived in Inverell in the 60s and 70s.
delapan said
01:50 PM Sep 26, 2011
hi MA, we visited there a couple of months ago, agree a great place, but had to have a laugh at town rivalry, we asked someone in another town what it was like before we went there and got the reply "Manilla, thats where they have 9 fingers and 8 toes because of the inbreeding" !!!!!!!!!!!! didn't see anyone there with that many digits !!! regards, gary
jimricho said
07:35 PM Sep 26, 2011
I've seen plenty of inter-town rivalries in the country and unfortunately it sometimes spills over from good natured humour to outright pettiness.
Ma said
05:13 PM Sep 27, 2011
Well, all I can say is if they have inbreeding in Manilla then they should show some of the rest of the country the outcome.
You couldn't get nicer friendlier people. We will certainly be going back, 6/8/9 fingers or toes or whatever.
We are spending the weekend in Manilla, NSW just west of Tamworth.
What a lovely little town. The people are all very welcoming and pleasant. They take pride in their town as is shown by just how clean it is.
I got some great bargains in their department store which sells just about everything from baby needs to fertilizer.
Will be interesting to see what the Chicken, spinach and pine nut sausages are like when we have them for tea tonight.
The RSL has a very good Chinese restaurant and on Friday nights have a buffet and meat raffles.
Saturday markets were on this morning and whilst small by most standards I got some good bargains there too and the sausage sizzle was a bit of alright.
The Rivergums caravan park where we are staying is very nice, lots of shade and 700mtrs from the main street means that you get a good night's sleep.
The amenities are very old but spotlessly clean, I think they even give the resident green tree frog a shower most days. Oh and it's pet friendly too.
Blue likes it here as he can put his yabbie pots in the river and can fish to his heart's content.
We will definitely come back here if we are in the area again
sounds wonderful will have to take note of this on the maps :) thanx for so much info for the area .. sounds like you are having a ball there :)
Sounds like a nice place Ma - by the way my local(ish) butcher has chicken, spinach and pinenut sausages and they are yummy!!
Yes manilla is alway lovely and clean there is also a caravan park on the edge of keepit dam called Manilla Ski Gardens it few ks out of town .old but ok and right on water edge ....
sorry about miss spelling
-- Edited by lilly31 on Sunday 25th of September 2011 05:47:14 AM
-- Edited by lilly31 on Sunday 25th of September 2011 05:50:13 AM
It sounds like a happy, quaint little town. I like them. Always restful and easy going.
Definitely MANILLA Christine
hi ma
sounds great, how much a night
lyn
$23 per night. drive thru sites and quite large too
-- Edited by Ma on Saturday 24th of September 2011 04:23:11 PM
I LOVE your new avatar, what a fantastic photo!
Hey Ma, my sister and b-i-l are just up the road at Lake Keepit.
That was sun rise at Westmar in QLD Beth
Sun rise? You mean you were up that early!? Wow, Ma, you have my respect!
We spent three nights on the river at Bingara before coming to Manilla Jim.
They were letting water out of the BOTTOM of the dam at the time so the water was extremely cold and the only fish there were carp.
Very pretty spot as you say and very popular so if you want a "waterfront" view.......GET THERE EARLY!!
hi MA, we visited there a couple of months ago, agree a great place, but had to have a laugh at town rivalry, we asked someone in another town what it was like before we went there and got the reply "Manilla, thats where they have 9 fingers and 8 toes because of the inbreeding" !!!!!!!!!!!! didn't see anyone there with that many digits !!! regards, gary
Well, all I can say is if they have inbreeding in Manilla then they should show some of the rest of the country the outcome.
You couldn't get nicer friendlier people. We will certainly be going back, 6/8/9 fingers or toes or whatever.