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| 311016 Introduction to Texas |
We awoke this morning to rain but by 10am the rain had ceased. The cool morning turned quickly to warm so, off we toddled to take in Texas.
Texas is a small town, with a population of about 500. It could be described as a tidy town. The streets are wide and jasmine, in full blossom, is growing down the centre of the the full length of the main street. The town centre features a sculpture of a Phoenix Bird rising, symbolising Texas's recovery from the disastrous floods which devastated the area in 2011.
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| 311016 Wide street in Texas near the caravan park |
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| 311016 Main Street in Texas looking east |
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| 311016 Main Street in Texas looking west |
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311016 The Phoenix sculpture symbolising Texas's rise
from the devastating floods of 2011 |
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| 311016 Phoenix sculpture and plaque |
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| 311016 The Phoenix plaque |
We searched valiantly for signs of the old town of Texas, without luck . However, we did come across two old tobacco curing barns. Tobacco was a highly prized crop and was grown extensively near Texas.
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| 311016 Historic tobacco curing barns near Texas |
The people of Texas USA provided pecan nut trees to Texas Queensland. The Pecan is the state tree of Texas USA. The trees are planted in a park near town.
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| 311016 Plaque in Pecan Park |
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311016 Plaque and two of the three pecan nut
trees provided by Texas USA |
Texas is on the Dumaresque River and we passed over it several times during our explorations. It was flowing well, no doubt assisted by the overnight rain.
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| 311016 Dumaresque River - downstream of the bridge |
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| 311016 Dumaresque River - upstream of the bridge |
Our last target for today was Goat Rock, about 20km out of town. It is a run down, farm camping spot but there were the compulsory granite rocks in abundance. It took quite some imagination to work out why it was called Goat Rock. Balancing Rock was a little less demanding. We were lucky enough to have one of the resident male peacocks spread its tail feathers for us, while its mate, another male, criticised our presence with his awful, moanful cry.
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| 311016 Goat Rock |
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| 311016 Goat Rock and kid - a mini Bald Rock? |
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| 311016 Noel on Goat Rock - no further comments necessary |
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| 3131016 Balancing rock near Goat Rock |
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| 311016 A giant Prickly Pear tree near Goat Rock |
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| 311016 One member of the menagerie at Goat Rock |
We were very taken with the number and size of silky oak trees in the area. They are in full bloom. Another large shrub, caught our eyes with its striking abundance of white blossoms.
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| 311016 Silky Oak trees are plentiful around Texas |
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| 311016 Blossoms on a Silky Oak |
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| 311016 Nature's beauty in a Texas back yard |
There really is not a lot to see in Texas of any substance, but we spent most of the day seeing it.
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