Chillin' in Childers

There were many Hervey Bay op-shops still to be explored, but we had to leave, as this was our longest driving day.  Our lunch stop was Howard where they have cute little metal boxes featuring local historical figures as their street planter pots.  There's also a fine-looking pub, but we didn't go in.

I bought an excellent pie from the bakery, which looks small and unassuming, but is actually quite large and bustling inside. Sort of a TARDIS bakery.  Jan and Jo bought ginormous burgers from the takeaway next door.  There is some fabulous tack for sale in there!

Howard has one op-shop, run by BBS, the Burrum Benevolent Society, and it is a good one, with reasonable prices. I bought two pairs of earrings for 50c each, one of which is a pair of tiny silver mice.  We would have stayed there longer, but they were closing early for a committee meeting.

Off to Childers, our most northerly stop, with Vinnie's the first stop in that beautiful main street.  Quite nice, but nothing for me.  Then we headed off over the road looking for the Salvation Army shop, which we knew was there somewhere, but it was rather hard to find.


In the end, it turned out to be behind the lovely RSL building, and it was worth looking for.  It is much bigger than Vinnies and all the clothing hangers are colour-coded according to size. Among other goodies, Jo found a vintage coffee pot, Jan picked up a witch's hat for her entry in the Mary Valley scarecrow competition, and I bought my future grandchild's first ever op-shop item, a sweet little yellow Pooh shirt.

The girls were dying for a cold beer but we were worried we wouldn't get to Biggenden in time to dive into the Lifeline there, so down the Isis Highway we headed, after I had photographed some Childers footpath artwork.