Last night on the road

Tonight we are in a pretty, green caravan park at Coonabarrabran.  (I love that name!)   We had expected the view to be one of burnt trees from the bush fires just a few weeks ago, but so far, we've seen nothing.  I think we might see signs of it as we leave tomorrow.
As we've usually found, it became cold as soon as the sun went down, so it's out with the wheat packs.
Lindy rang this evening, to ask where we were and when did we think we would arrive.   This is the 4th time in 5 days that she has rung to ask the same question!  Gwydir Carapark really must be full!!  She isn't going to rent out the site at the front of our site because it would be too hard for us to reverse in.  But with Golf Week on, the park is full to overflowing and they could use that spot.  I've had the feeling that I should tell her that we'll do her a favour by staying away until the week is over.

 I looked up the meaning of Coonabarrabran, an Aboriginal word, as expected but with an unexpected meaning.  
Origins of the Coonabarabran name

Aboriginal in origin. Probably derived from Kamilaroi 'Gunbaraaybaa' meaning 'shit'. A meaning recorded earlier, 'peculiar odour', was presumably a bowdlerisation. (Appleton; 1992). Also: 'inquisitive person'. In the form Coolabarabran it was the name of a station owned by James Weston in 1848. The local contraction is 'The Bran'. (Place Names of NSW - Their Origins & Meanings, A.W.Reed)

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