Our first free camp went without a hitch - Julia waking up and her first comment "we'll we weren't murdered in our bed" . Trucks joined us on and off during the night but that didn't keep us awake.
A trip out 15k to the Hillston Cotton Gin was an interesting diversion to see them take the raw cotton (6 round bales to a semi) and transform it into soft white fluffy bales, a thousand of them a day, and about 140 thousand for the season. The plant operator was very happy to explain the process and all the machinery.
A quick look around the town and a couple of "local produce" stores and onto Cobar via Mount Hope.
The Kidman Way is nice and flat with the country changing from salt bush to slightly wooded. There was no wind today which made the driving easy. A lunch stop at Gilgunnia (1087 Camps book), an old gold mining area where there were a number of travelers stopped, and a chat with them, some heading north, some south, and a wealth of knowledge.
Cobar is a bustling and prosperous town steeped in a history based on mining and pastoral heritage. The town’s CBD boasts a mixture of old and new buidlings which chronicle Cobar’s course through the last 130 years of its history. The Cobar District abounds with wildlife which includes kangaroos, emus, echidnas, snakes, lizards and giant goannas. There are over 200 species of birds, including the magnificent Major Mitchell Cockatoo, Wedge-tailed Eagle and Mallee Ringnecks.
We plan a number of nights here to explore the surrounding area and to meet up with some friends traveling through as well.
A trip out 15k to the Hillston Cotton Gin was an interesting diversion to see them take the raw cotton (6 round bales to a semi) and transform it into soft white fluffy bales, a thousand of them a day, and about 140 thousand for the season. The plant operator was very happy to explain the process and all the machinery.
The Kidman Way is nice and flat with the country changing from salt bush to slightly wooded. There was no wind today which made the driving easy. A lunch stop at Gilgunnia (1087 Camps book), an old gold mining area where there were a number of travelers stopped, and a chat with them, some heading north, some south, and a wealth of knowledge.
Cobar is a bustling and prosperous town steeped in a history based on mining and pastoral heritage. The town’s CBD boasts a mixture of old and new buidlings which chronicle Cobar’s course through the last 130 years of its history. The Cobar District abounds with wildlife which includes kangaroos, emus, echidnas, snakes, lizards and giant goannas. There are over 200 species of birds, including the magnificent Major Mitchell Cockatoo, Wedge-tailed Eagle and Mallee Ringnecks.
We plan a number of nights here to explore the surrounding area and to meet up with some friends traveling through as well.
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