Hill End Hill End is located about 85 km north of Bathurst via Sofala and has featured on our bucket list for some time. If you travel there note that the 4WD Bridle track is currently closed and in any case is unsuitable for caravans. Our GPS was determined to send us via the bridle … Read more
Sofala Sofala is Australia’s oldest surviving gold town, . During boom times the main street stretched to 16 km, a lot longer the current 500 m or so containing the remaining nucleus of the town located along the Turon river. At the turnoff to Sofala the original bridge across the river is displayed. It was … Read more
Mount Panorama racing circuit was officially opened in 1938. When not used for racing the circuit is a public road and we thoroughly enjoyed “racing” a couple of laps arount the twisty course in the trusty Dmax, unfortunately the 60km speed limit does curtail the entertainment a bit! People may not realise that the circuit … Read more
HISTORY OF BATHURST Bathurst was proclaimed as a town in 1815 following the construction of a road from Penrith across the Blue Mountains. It was initially used as a base for explorers of inland NSW. In the 1860’s Bathurst began to boom thanks to the gold found in the surrounding areas of Ophir, Sofala and Hill … Read more
MILLTHORPE HISTORIC VILLAGE Millthorpe is the other historic village in the Blayney area and was established in about 1867. Like Carcoar it is classified by the National trust and has a large number of historic buildings. The village is busy and set up for tourism, food and wine and as such we were perhaps not … Read more
OPHIR RESERVE Ophir is located about 26km from Orange and in 1851 was the location of the first payable gold found in Australia. The gold rush only lasted about a year, but at it’s peak there were about 2000 miners working the area. There are relics of mining activities around the beautiful gorge where two … Read more
ORANGE – THE COLOUR CITY Orange turned out a bit of a surprise package – we did not expect such a lovely town with extensive parks and recreational areas. Orange is apparently called the colour city due to the four distinct seasons with their related colours – the autumn colours were out in all their … Read more
After consulting with some fellow nomads we decided to move on to Macquarie Woods over the Easter holiday period. There were around 60 rigs here over Easter and still heaps of room with a good 30 to 50m between vans. Definitely one of our favourite spots so far and a good base for visiting Orange … Read more
Central NSW – Carcoar : The town that time forgot Sabine April 12, 2017 NSW – Central / Tales of a Blonde Nomad 0 Comments CARCOAR TOWNSHIP The township of Carcoar was established in 1839 and calls itself “the town that time forgot” which is quite an apt description. The town is the third oldest settlement West of … Read more
CARCOAR DAM We had read good reports of the camp at Carcoar and they were well deserved. Great spot, nice views and close to both Carcoar and the larger town Blayney which seems to have all the usual services. We met Gabi from Berlin who has a sister Sabine, likes photography and runs a 4WD … Read more