Friday: Last day.
Relaxed in the morning before going to the new Putta Bucca Wetlands (part of Mudgee sewer works). As to day is Friday, and for me that's 'Flora Friday', the morning was taken up by trying to find some local flora to photograph. Some local and introduced flowers were found at the wetlands and some at the house, these can be seen if clicked on here. It was then time for the 3 hour final drive home
Great place to watch the world go by, well at least the birds and kangaroos.
A dog's life.
Jasmine on steroids.
Rainbow bee-eater.
I think it's a weed.
Old quarry truck planter.
Kangaroos think they own the place.
A victim of the heavy spring snow falls a week earlier, Clarence (near the Zig Zag Railway).
Thursday: 2nd last day. We are in the straight now, Coonabarabran, Binnaway, Coolah, Gulgong then overnight at Irwyn and Rosemary's place at Mudgee. Spent some money at Pilliga Pottery near Coona' and had lunch at the 'Black Stump'.
Narrabri
Pilliga pottery.
Pilliga pottery, accommodation
Looking towards the Warrumbungles.
I didn't know we were that lost.
These displays were scattered along the highway.
Castlereagh River.
.......at Binnaway.
Must be the 'pumphouse'.
A bit of colour in Binnaway.
This band must have been good in their time. Binnaway
Old rail water tanks, Binnaway.
Silos and tree, Binnaway.
I didn't know Rolfe Harris lived here in his younger days. Binnaway.
Thursday:
A lot of km's covered today, St.George to Narrabri. First to Nindigully, Thallon then across to Noondoo (must have blinked when we went though there as we didn't see it), turn left at Dirranbandi to Hebel.
From there to Lightning Ridge, Walgett, Come by Chance (top spot), Pilliga and then , hopefully, Narrabri.
Nindigully Pub.
Grain silos at Thallon.
Most larger creeks still had water in them.
We stopped to let this bloke cross the road. Too far from a hospital to get out of the car.
Sand Goanna. They lay on the road to warm up which, unfortunately,
means a lot of them get run over.
The lovely bark of the Leopard Wood Tree.
Road train, the sand goannas worst enemy.
Railway cranes from older times, Dirranbandi.
Cotton fields, as far as the eye can see.
Hebel Hotel. Check out all the windows and doors (there's a pig looking out the door on the right).
This is how I remember it when I first came here in the 60's.
A couple of good sorts.
The thermal pool would be good in winter, 40 degrees C.
Old opal diggings.
They have big cups of tea out here.
Emu
Not sure what the were harvesting but they were making a lot of dust,
Come by Chance.
Leaving Come by Chance, told you it was a top spot.
