Meet Sheepy and Charley

Back when we visited Charleville in 2019, we found a little craft shop in the main street.  It was a treasure trove of all sorts of arts and crafts and Mick found an orange crocheted sheep, of all things.  

Surprisingly, he decided to buy it, because it is orange, and Sheepy has lived on our caravan bed ever since.

Of course, we had to visit that shop again on this trip.  It is called “Made in Murwah”.  Murwah is the name of the local shire council.  It is still a treasure trove of wonderful art and crafts, all of a high quality.

This year, the thing that caught our eye was a crocheted bilby.  There were plush bilbies for sale at the Bilby Centre, but they didn’t interest us at all.  This little one was so much cuter, and we are pretty sure made by the same lady as Sheepy.

We had to give this little bilby a name.  Now, was it a boy or a girl?  Boy bilbies have a bit of a boof head, as they do a bit of head butting, while girls have a more fine head shape.  We think she is a girl.  What to call her?  Well, she came from Charleville, so “Charley” it is.  She sat up like Jackie (well Charley) in the truck with us as we travelled along.  She was very well behaved and has requested that she comes along on all our future travels.