July 3 – Thursday
Our 37th wedding anniversary and we have decided to celebrate with dinner in a restaurant tonight.
Left Cowra and headed along the Lachlan River to Forbes – good road, flat, lined with gum trees and little traffic. Beautiful pastoral country, with lots of wheat, sheep, cattle and some dairy. Very green through this area, especially the young wheat paddocks. We joined the Newall Highway at Forbes, then travelled to Parkes (with a small tour of the tour after the pilot ignored the navigator, the co-pilot AND the road sign, turning left instead of right) before visiting The Dish. This was great, as we were lucky to have chosen a maintenance morning and not only saw the dish move from vertical to horizontal and back again, but also saw three men walking around inside the dish and climbing to the very top. At least, we think they were just walking around, but perhaps there was a cricket bat and ball hidden under the coats!!! When the dish was vertical again, they were able to just step off onto the ground. Absolutely amazing!
On to Dubbo and the Big 4 Caravan Park near the zoo. We had been warned about security at Dubbo but didn’t really expect what we found. Key pad entry into and out of the park, as well as keys to the amenities (some parks do have these) and very large fences around the perimeter. The Top Tourist Caravan Park also has the large V shaped barb wire frames on top of their fences. Signs everywhere as well as verbal warnings NOT to leave ANYTHING in the car or outside the caravan. The price was also exorbitant – “because it is school holidays.”
Just had a drive around Dubbo for an hour or so and attempted to find the local indigenous tribe’s rock carvings, but these were obviously well hidden.
Our 37th wedding anniversary and we have decided to celebrate with dinner in a restaurant tonight.
Left Cowra and headed along the Lachlan River to Forbes – good road, flat, lined with gum trees and little traffic. Beautiful pastoral country, with lots of wheat, sheep, cattle and some dairy. Very green through this area, especially the young wheat paddocks. We joined the Newall Highway at Forbes, then travelled to Parkes (with a small tour of the tour after the pilot ignored the navigator, the co-pilot AND the road sign, turning left instead of right) before visiting The Dish. This was great, as we were lucky to have chosen a maintenance morning and not only saw the dish move from vertical to horizontal and back again, but also saw three men walking around inside the dish and climbing to the very top. At least, we think they were just walking around, but perhaps there was a cricket bat and ball hidden under the coats!!! When the dish was vertical again, they were able to just step off onto the ground. Absolutely amazing!
On to Dubbo and the Big 4 Caravan Park near the zoo. We had been warned about security at Dubbo but didn’t really expect what we found. Key pad entry into and out of the park, as well as keys to the amenities (some parks do have these) and very large fences around the perimeter. The Top Tourist Caravan Park also has the large V shaped barb wire frames on top of their fences. Signs everywhere as well as verbal warnings NOT to leave ANYTHING in the car or outside the caravan. The price was also exorbitant – “because it is school holidays.”
Just had a drive around Dubbo for an hour or so and attempted to find the local indigenous tribe’s rock carvings, but these were obviously well hidden.
2 comments:
Happy anniversary! Wish I could go on a holiday soon. Freezing in Hobart. Shan
Yep, happy 37! Hopefully you had a very nice meal at that restaurant in Cowra!
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