On to Forbes!

Yesterday I should have been on a plane to Tasmania instead I was on a 'Blind Freddy Bushranger' walk and talk. The guy giving the talk was like a bushranger with his wild beard. He had completed a significant amount of research about the bushrangers who had been in the Canowindra area and made the talk interesting. Unfortunately it was freezing cold!

It was then time to head towards Forbes. The wide open spaces were often swathed in yellow which was the rape seed plant in flower.   The countryside makes for pleasant driving.

I then arrived at Eugowra, a village known for it's murals on the sides of various buidings.

 

A walk aound the village in the biting cold demanded a hot drink. Luckily there was a van dispensing the hot drinks as unfortunately the couple of buildings with 'Cafe' displayed on their exterior were no more! So sad to see how much the country towns/villages have died!
                

Today (Wednesday) I headed to Parkes. First stop Information centre or so I thought but no I was in the Henry Parkes museum! I had an entertaining 20 minutes looking at the 'museum pieces' whilst listening - one couldn't help but hear - two old ducks talking about their ailments but when they came to the prognosis I was beginning to check myself out! Although some items are interesting in these museums if I see another old tractor I might wish I was somewhere else!

I did eventually make it into the Information centre and then subjected (?) myself to touring the 'Elvis' exhibit! According to an expert, obviously, on everything Elvis the exhibition had some very good memorabilia  and he'd been to Gracelands!!

I headed out to the  'Dish' yes that's the one they made a movie about! I must say it was impressive and its claim to fame   - the first moon walk - didn't go unnoticed!

The rape seed flowers were as far as the eye could see and the pilot doing the crop spraying was amazing - it was poetry in motion. How he (?) got so low was enough to make a few of us pull off the road.

From the 'Dish' I headed back to Parkes centre specifically to follow its 'Art trails but I only saw a couple of pieces.

Trying to get back to Forbes was a nightmare because something had happened to the barrier at the rail crossing - good to know they work but annoying when they refuse to return to upright! The cattle in the truck two ahead of me started to bellow and I think they were doing that for all of us! Finally with a few rail workers called they manually lifted it!