While we’re staying in Dubbo, we decided to use today for a day trip to a couple of places south of here that are only about an hour away: the Parkes and Wellington. After yesterday’s early start and big day, it was nice to have a slower morning. We headed off for Parkes at about 9am this morning. As we drove through the town of Peak Hill on the way, we noticed signs for the Peak Hill Gold Mine tourist…

Today was zoo day! We started the day off with an early morning walk that we’d booked. We arrived at the zoo at about 7am and a had a little bit of waiting around while others arrived. But before long we headed off on our walk with our guide, Bob. There was only us and one other family on our walk. We headed to plenty of places around the zoo, and while we didn’t necessarily get to see anything special…

We’ve arrived in Dubbo, our base for the next few days. Dubbo is the lands of the Tubba-Gah people of the Wiradjuri nation, and we acknowledge that this is their land, and we’re grateful for the chance to share it for the next few days. With only a shorter drive on the cards today, we had a slower start to the morning. We packed up in our motel room and headed back toward the eastern end of town where the…

We made the turn east and have started heading back towards the coast today, arriving in Cobar. These are the lands of the Ngiyampaa people, and we’d like to pay our respects to their elders past and present. We headed off from Broken Hill early this morning, keen to make the trip across to Cobar by early afternoon. We were all packed up and out of our little cottage in Chloride St by 7:15am, and after a quick coffee stop,…

Today was a huge day exploring plenty that Broken Hill had to offer. We started out up at the Line of Lode Miners Memorial – a beautiful tribute to all the miners in Broken Hill who have lost their lives over the past 140 years. The Line of Lode is the long body of ore that sits in the centre of Broken Hill, where the lead / zinc / silver mining first commenced (and still occurs today). The memorial is…

Today was a huge day of driving, but here we are in Broken Hill – the peak of our trip! Grateful to the Wilyakali people who have looked after this vast area in western NSW, and we pay our respects to them and their elders. There were three fairly big driving stints today – 90 mins, then 2 hours, and finally 2.5 hours. The first stop after leaving Hay was the Yanga Woolshed, which was about 5 minutes away from…

We’ve arrived in Hay for a very short stopover this evening. The area of the Hay township is where the Nari Nari people have lived for thousands of years, and we pay our respect to them and to their elders. With Hay only being about 90 mins away, we spent most of today in and around Griffith. The day started with heading up to the the huge hill and scrubland area that overlooks Griffith, called Scenic Hill. Up there we…

We’ve arrived in Griffith this afternoon, still on the lands of the Wiradjuri people. The day started with a very short trip down the Snowy Mountains Hwy to the next town – Adelong – only 15 minutes away. We ended up spending a lot longer here than we’d planned, because there was just a lot to walk to and see! We started out on the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail – Adelong has one of the biggest collections across the Valley,…

It’s been a long day of driving, but some brilliant adventures. We’re currently enjoying a pub dinner in the centre of Tumut as we write in our diaries – and turns out it’s Trivia night at the pub, so we’re doing that as well! Tumut is the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri, Wolgalu and Ngunnawal Aboriginal peoples, and we are so grateful for their care of this land for thousands of years, and recognise their continuing connection to this area.…

Today started with a bit of a slow morning, because the day was going to be spent just exploring what Cooma had to offer – with only a couple of specific plans in mind. At about 8:30am we started to wander from where we’re staying, in an area apparently known as the “Royalside” of Cooma (the earliest parts of the town, on the southern side of the town) into the centre of Cooma. We stopped off at the Southern Cloud…