Thursday 06/11/08 - Cobar to Bathurst
Only 700 kms from Sydney now, but talked about it last night and decided to do do 2 hops than one long ordeal, the kms around Sydney, definitely take longer and neither of us had any wish to spend an extra couple of hours in traffic at the end of the day..especially not our last one.
So...took it pretty easy packing up and rode fairly easily, listening to music, when a large Green sign appeared in the distance. " Welcome to Bogan country", to any family and friends reading rhis outside of Australia, this may not seem unusual except perhaps the word, So have added an Aussie website to provide further education.
http://www.bogan.com.au/definition/index.php
Anyway it seemed funny to me at the time !
Stopped in Nyngan for a couple of hours, talking to locals and soaking up the sunshine with a few of the locals. Rode on through Trangie and Narromine to Dubbo, a lovely town, which I was expecting to be fairly small, but wasn't. The whole cafe culture, "Sophistication", is alive and well there , in a good way (The food and coffee's excellent).
Road from Dubbo to Orange was lovely, rolling hills, green and gold paddocks, dotted with patches of Pattersons curse(Purple flowering weed) and stands of large gums.
Filled up in Orange and decided to go one more session to Bathurst. Every town we come to now, however small it appears on the map is big, busy and bustling, the difference of perhaps 200kms is a whole new world and a reminder that home is close at hand.
Very fast ride to Bathurst and I guess another indication of the proximity to Sydney...I think it was rush hour. Rode around Bathurst and set up in a Caravan park on the the Kelso side of town.
Ate at the local Kelso pub, and then chatted to a Dutch couple back at the park who were just setting off...Tonight is our last night...only 200 kms to Sydney
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