Drive in the country

On Sunday we went to look at another couple of houses for sale - we are going off the idea of buying something close enough to commute to, and just focussing on a retirement property. This means a larger search area, so there are a couple of areas we haven't yet explored. Clearly we are not looking at buying anything right at the moment as we aren't going to retire for a few years yet - but it's good to be prepared! 

This is a good example of the sky, the trees and the countryside. Not much going on! We are looking a bit more to the north; nowhere more than two hours from the coast, or more than an hour or so to Canberra. Our search area is a triangle about 200 km on each side, so you would think we would be able to find something when we need to, but we are quite fussy. First stop was this place in Collector, which had three hectares of blank space, which is fine, but too close to the highway. Second stop was this place in Tarago, which was a lovely house, also a hectare of blank space, but too close to the neighbours. The cross-country drive from Collector to Tarago also ruled out a few places in between - not a sealed road the whole way and then past the mine tailings. So no.

We wandered around Tarago (population 426), bought some local jam and had lunch at the old pub, which was lovely. A popular place for Sunday motorcycle groups to ride to for a burger, as we discovered. Gave us some lovely bikes to look at before driving back. A good old-person outing! Neither of us had been through that countryside before, despite living in Canberra for thirty years. I'd happily live out that way, if we could find the right place.