A Few Nights in Mudgee. (Part 1 of 2) 18-19th Oct 2015.

Part one of another 3 night stay at I & R's Dangaroo spread at Mudgee, and our little trips getting, and while there.



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The old Blast Furnace at Lithgow.

Overgrown at the old Blast Furnace, Lithgow.

The old Blast Furnace at Lithgow.

Capertee railway station ain't what it use to be.

Capertee railway station ain't what it use to be.

Misty rain in the Capertee Valley.

Misty rain in the Capertee Valley.

Misty rain in the Capertee Valley.

Fatal Attraction.......roads and Red-bellied Black Snake.

Misty rain in the Capertee Valley.

Misty rain in the Capertee Valley.

Not one Jacky Lizard...........

...........but two.

Water Lily at Dangaroo.

The Lily made a good place to eat / rest.

Some of the birds at Dangaroo.  King Parrot, White-browed Scrubwrens, Double-barred Finches
and 2 photos of a Shining Bronze-Cuckoo that had crashed into a window.

Some of the birds at Dangaroo. (clockwise from top left) Eastern Spinebill, Rufous Whistler,
Noisy Friarbird, Peaceful Dove and Yellow-faced Honeyeater.

The Princess finds her Prince.

Some plants of the Avisford Nature Reserve.

Some plants of the Avisford Nature Reserve.

Some plants of the Avisford Nature Reserve.

Some insects, incuding the Golden-tailed Spiny Ant, of the Avisford Nature Reserve.

Along the Hill End Road.

Old homestead along the Hill End Road.

Hargraves Cemetery.

Hargraves Cemetery.

Hargraves Cemetery.

A mailbox at hargraves.

Hill End & Tambaroora Common.
Established 1867.  Visitors welcome, conditions apply.
  BALD HILL

'Fotopol' selfie camera stand at Bald Hill, overlooking Hill End.

Might as well use it.

View from Bald Hill, overlooking Hill End with rain storm in background.

'Trig Station' at Bald Hill.

Hill End from Bald Hill.

Relic from the gold rush days (not the one on the right).

Relic from the gold rush days.

Hill End from Bald Hill.

Hill End from Bald Hill.

Hill End from Bald Hill.

Kangaroos at Hill End.

Hill End from Bald Hill.

I didn't expect to find a Donkey Orchid in such a dry exposed spot.

Donkey Orchid

Native Blue-bells.

I built, and left a calling card.

Lunch at the Hill End Village Campground.

The Fighting Ground Creek quartz roasting pits complex near Hill End was established in 1855 to support reef mining on the Tambaroora goldfield. It is one of the oldest remaining intact gold rush sites and represents one of the first attempts to process reef gold in Australia using kilns for roasting gold-bearing quartz. The pits were built for the Colonial Gold Company by expert Cornish immigrant miners.

The Fighting Ground Creek quartz roasting pits.

Cornish Roasting Pit Site.

The Fighting Ground Creek quartz roasting pits.

The Fighting Ground Creek quartz roasting pits.

One of the Fighting Ground Creek quartz roasting pit.

Cunningham's Skink at the Fighting Ground Creek site.

Shingleback Skink (lizard) near the Fighting Ground Creek site.

Shingleback Skink (lizard) near the Fighting Ground Creek site.

Shingleback Skink (lizard) ,near the Fighting Ground Creek site, gives me a warning when I get too close..

Boronia sp. near the Fighting Ground Creek site.

Tambaroora Cemetery - Established 1854.  (National Parks & Wildlife Service NSW)

Tambaroora Cemetery

Tambaroora Cemetery

Tambaroora Cemetery

Tambaroora Cemetery

Tambaroora Cemetery

Some native plants of the Tambaroora Cemetery.

We even bumped into someone from Winston Hills.

Cameras:  Canon PowerShot SX60 HS and Sony DSC-W690.