Mudgee to Warren, testing out the new knee. 4th to 12th Aug.

My specialist finally said it was OK for me to start driving again after my right knee replacement so it was off to Mudgee for some driving practice.

I had also started planning a trip for later in the month to Mount Isa in Qld so I thought I might add a side trip, while in Mudgee, to Warren where I hoped to spend the 1st night of the Qld trip.

Lynn also invited Delle to spend the last weekend at Mudgee with us as it had been a few years since Delle had been up that way. 

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Unfortunately we were there on a Saturday.

Somewhere to rest (Lithgow).

The Dangaroo Resort.

Two of the local Red-necked Wallabies.

Giving the 'new' knee some winter warmth.

Birds of Dangaroo.   
From top left c/wise:   Double-bar Finch,  Red-browed Finch,  White-browed Scrubwren,   Superb Blue Wren (female),  Superb Blue Wren (non-breeding male).

Birds of Dangaroo.   
From top left c/wise: Magpie,  Rainbow Lorikeet,  White-winged Chough,  Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.

The mail-box at Lowe Wines, Mudgee.

Lawson Park (west)

Sculpture in Lawson Park (west).

Me & her reflected, Lawson Park (west).

'Heavy Load' by dave Walsh, Lawson Park (west).

Lawson Park Hotel,  Regent Theatre and St Mary of the Presentation Catholic Church, Mudgee.

"Hello there, I haven't seen you here before".

 

Mudgee Museum & Historical Society.

Mudgee Museum & Historical Society

Mudgee Museum & Historical Society

This 1934 Packard was used by the Mudgee Ambulance Service from 1952 to the 1960's.     
Mudgee Museum & Historical Society

Shadows on the Tobacco Warehouse wall.

'What children played with before mobile phones' ................

...........and skateboards.

The 'Ten Dollar Town Motel', the 'Hotel' on the Australian ten dollar $ note.

Mayne Street, Gulgong.

Henry Lawson Centre and Museum, Gulgong.

The house with no name, Gulgong.

The blue fence, Gulgong.

Purple and Blue.

A gate to somewhere.

Fence with chair.

Gulgong Symbol Trail. 
Part of the secret language of 'people of the road'. Gulgong Symbol Trail.   During the Great Depression and in gold rush times, people travelling country roads in search of work, food or just a place to sleep the night, used a secret code of symbols to communicate the 'lie of the land' to fellow travellers. This secret language was used internationally - by the tramps and gypsies of Europe to the hobos of America and the swaggies of Australia.

1:  Good road to follow      2:  The sky's the limit       3: OK - alright          4: Dangerous people          5: Money usually given here               6: Good place for a handout            7: Angry dogs          8: Good day's work found     
 9: Good haystack for sleeping

Gulgong doorway.

The watering place.

Prince of Wales Hotel, Mayne Street Gulgong.

View from Flirtation Hill Lookout, Gulgong.

View from Flirtation Hill Lookout, Gulgong.

View from Flirtation Hill Lookout, Gulgong.

 

Morning tea on way to Warren.

Lynn between two Billys.  Argonaut Park, Trangie.

Grain silos, Trangie.

Auscott's cotton gin at Snakes Plain (Warren).

Fancy shower head in our motel.

We were told that these wetlands at Warren were dry only two days before we got there.

Afternoon reflections.

Oh no, it's upside down.

Early morning birdwatching has its rewards.

Some birds of the Warren wetlands.   
From top left c/wise:  Cockatiel,  Yellow-throated Miner,  Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater.

Some birds of the Warren wetlands.     
From top left c/wise:  Pink-eared Duck,  Freckled Duck (Australia's rarest duck species),  Red-capped Robin (female).

I saw this Rakali  (Australian native water-rat) at Putta Bucca Wetlands.

                                    

Some birds from Putta Bucca Wetland, Mudgee.
From top left c/wise:  Australian Shoveller,  Great Cormorant,  Australasian Grebe,  Grey Teal,  Black Kite.

One Red-necked Wallaby (left), with a joey in pouch and
 four Grey Kangaroos (right) come in for their dinner at Dangaroo.

St Malachy's Catholic Church, Rylstone.

Bridge View Inn, Rylstone.

Louee Street, Rylstone.

We (Delle, Lynn and I) had Dutch Pancakes for lunch in Rylstone.

Empty chairs.

Cinderella was here.

It was then onto Hill End.

Hill End

1931 Studebaker Rockne.
The brand was named for University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne.

1931 Studebaker Rockne.

Rockne

As good as the day it was made.

Clarke Street Hill End.

Royal Hotel Hill End

Lunch at the Royal.

Presbyterian Church, Hill End.

Hill End Uber

Little farmhouse on the Hill End Road.

 Delle and Lynn walking in the Common. 

St Mary of the Presentation Catholic Church, Mudgee.

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned.

32 . EVIL

Loneragan's Store which was opened as a department store in 1870 and continued trading until 1984.

Local artist in Mudgee.

I only knew him as William Posters.

 

Mount Banks (left), on the way home.

Birds seen while out and about. 
 From top left c/wise:  A White-bellied Sea Eagle / 7 Straw-necked Ibis and a Masked Lapwing, 
 White-bellied sea Eagle,  Emu,  Richards Pipit,  Brown Falcon.

Cameras:  Canon PowerShot SX60 HS and Samsung S5 (phone)