Today’s article is a big one covering a very interesting and varied 48 hours based around Dubbo – the most northern town I’m visiting on this trip. I went to an old gaol (jail), a zoo, a gold mine, a cave and a few nice country towns. I arrived in Dubbo on Thursday afternoon...
CONTINUE READINGToday’s article will focus on just one small town – Gulgong – which I visited for a few hours after my time in Mudgee. I think this is the most interesting town I’ve visited this trip so far and I managed to fill 5 double-page spreads in a morning. The unique thing about this town...
CONTINUE READINGMudgee has become a very popular town for Sydneysiders to visit – mainly because of good food and wine plus a number of historic villages in the region. This is my first visit to Mudgee and I have to say that I was impressed. It definitely would make a good base for future trips! ...
CONTINUE READINGWattle Flat After leaving Bathurst I headed north into an area where a lot of gold was discovered in 1851. The first town was Wattle Flat, but it can hardly be called a town now. To quote Wikipedia again “It is said that, at the peak of the gold boom, the area had a population...
CONTINUE READINGEven though I had three nights in Bathurst I didn’t have a lot of time to sketch there. But what I saw I liked a lot! So it’s a city that I definitely want to return to. Lots to share today… so let’s get going. Arriving in Bathurst (Thursday late afternoon) The first thing...
CONTINUE READINGOberon Day 5 was devoted to exploring the autumn colours of Mayfield Garden which is a little north of Oberon, so that is where we stayed the night before. We didn’t see much of it other than the main street and a visit to a ‘farm cafe’. My first cooked breakfast of the trip...
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