We left Cowra at 9.20am on a beautiful sunny morning. It was a lovely place &, as I looked at the rose garden on our way out, I was sorry we couldn't have stayed longer. People obviously took pride in their homes & the town, as everywhere looked neat & well cared for. I envied those who were sitting outside their caravans, enjoying cups of tea or coffee, in the sunshine. We set off for Dubbo, which was 204kms away.
The countryside was undulating & mostly cultivated, with some horses, cattle & sheep grazing here & there. It was described as "Australia's Food Basket". A fair amount of harvesting was going on but I couldn't tell whether it was hay or a crop that they were cutting. Roses also grew well & several gardens boasted beautiful displays.
We by-passed Dubbo & continued on in the direction of Gilgandra. The countryside was becoming browner, with scrub-like vegetation but the cattle looked healthy & so the pasture must have been more nutritious than it looked.
At 1.30pm., we drove into Gilgandra, "town of windmills & home of the Cooees", which we'd visited before. We decided to stop for lunch & enjoyed light meals at a lovely coffee shop that we remembered, which had 'classy' gifts & beads (I'd bought a necklace on a previous visit).
Having filled up with Diesel, we continued on towards Coonabarabran. Two kookaburras were sitting on telephone wires, a sight which always delights me. The temperature had now reached 27C, so things were heating up!
On reaching the town, we booked in at a caravan park, did some shopping & settled in for the night.
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