Croydon – trapped by a little town

We had no expectation of staying in Croydon however the rodeo was in town and they needed another clown so we stayed for 4 nights! The event was called the Poddy Dodgers Festival.

After the small parade the night before, Saturday morning saw us check out the restored legal precinct historical buildings. There were voice recordings running of prisoners in the jail and a court case which spooked the kids.

Oldest continuously operating general store in Queensland.

Off to the poddy dodgers to watch the mutton busting, slippery pig, wild cow milking, poddy dodging and other 'everyday' events. Crazy stuff.

Whilst there I bumped into an Officer I’d recently worked with and the kids were quickly caught up in a pursuit. (no this officer was not the slippery pig – another officer drew the short straw and ran a decoy in the arena-  it was hilarious).

We also found not 1 but 2 bower bird nests.

Also squeezed in a few hours fishing in the dam and the closest I came to catching anything was a kite that swooped down and grabbed my lure. Thank fully it let go as I wouldn't know where to begin filleting it!