NSW Central West

14th to 20th January.
What better way to spend a 42C day than drive to Dubbo and Coonabarabran,.... air conditioning in the car made for cool travelling.

Proof pink elephants exist

The road from Molong to Cumnock through Yeovil to Dubbo has a 120km ‘animals on bikes’ paddock art sculpture trail, with 45 different creatures along the way. Yes, Kevin did see a pink elephant.

In Dubbo we visited the historic Old Dubbo Gaol, no longer in use but fully restored. Small dark prisoner cells, outdoor bathrooms and hangman's gallows in the courtyard, not an inviting place to be in the 1880's.




When in Coonabarabran we ventured into the Warumbunlge National Park to have a look at the new visitors centre.

Kevin at the Warumbungles

 In 2013 bush-fires started by a lightening strike destroyed 80% of the park including the visitors centre. Then, two weeks later a flash flood washed away the exposed top soil, luckily the bush is resilient and is recovering.

We did a couple of short walks ,but it was too hot, so we headed back to the motel pool  for a swim.







The Australia wide heat wave was still in full swing, so we headed to the Central Coast for some coastal cool breeze. We may not be at Yowie Bay but we're still doing plenty of swimming.

The skillion at Terrigal