A drive to the Warrumbungle's National Park was the main thing we did in the latter part of our stay.
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Mudgee railway station, built 1884.
Mudgee railway station, built 1884.
Mudgee railway station needs a paint.
Mudgee front gardens.
Mudgee front gardens.
Mudgee front gardens.
St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mudgee.
Does you mother know you're out?
Some of the ladies at Dangaroo.
Birds at the Dangaroo feeder: left clockwise: Peaceful Dove, Superb Fairy-wren, Common Bronzewing, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo and Pacific Black Duck.
Birriwa Church.
Birriwa Church.
Paddock bashed at Birriwa.
Been through hard times at Birriwa.
The main street at Dunedoo.
Hay bails near Dunedoo.
Orchard near Dunedoo.
Are they Feijoa trees?
Mechanics Institute Hall, Mendooran.
Mendooran RSL Memorial Club. Saturday night special, 'Chicken Parmigiana, Chips & Vegies' $14.
Peak hour traffic in the main street, Mendooran.
Roadside carnage. Dead feral pigs beside highway near Yarragrin.
I deleted the graphic photo.
Male Emu and chicks, near Mollyan.
Emus
Siding Spring Observatory comes into view.
Lunch at the Canyon Picnic Area in Warrumbungle National Park.
Birds at the Canyon Picnic Area. From left, clockwise: Aust Raven, Sacred Kingfisher, Willie Wagtail and Noisy Friarbird.
Views from Camp Blackman to Belougery Spire, Warrumbungle National Park.
Views from Camp Blackman to Siding Spring Observatory, Warrumbungle National Park.
I didn't expect to find Flannel Flowers here.
Skeletons after the 2013 bushfire.
After the 2013 Warrumbungle's bushfire.
After the 2013 Warrumbungle's bushfire.
Regrowth after the 2013 Warrumbungle's bushfire.
View from the Whitegum Lookout.
Whitegum lookout. One of the several 'photo points' in the park for monitoring the recovery after the 2013 fires. You set your camera/phone on the stand and then you can upload to a website so as they can get some before and after records. I have uploaded a couple.
View from the Whitegum Lookout.
After the 2013 Warrumbungle's bushfire. Whitegum Lookout path.
You can see the 'stars' inside the Siding Spring Observatory.
The Anglo - Australian Telescope, inside the Siding Spring Observatory.
The 2013 Warrumbungle's bushfire. 'The fire approaches the 4m Anglo-Australian Telescope, dwarfed against the clouds of smoke. Photo: NSW Rural Fire Service'.
Project Manager, Fred Watson AM, with the UK Schmidt Telescope. (photo: Shaun Amy) Fred had a regular 'all things space' spot on ABC Radio.
Fred Watson, unexpected.
Sculpture in the Siding Spring Observatory grounds.
Sculpture in the Siding Spring Observatory grounds.
The spiders are big in the Siding Spring Observatory grounds.
View from the Siding Spring Observatory.
View from the Siding Spring Observatory.
A pretty good lookout to have in your backyard.
Or you could just use it as your own climbing wall.
The Binnaway rail yards. In 2006, the town had a population of 495 people.
Railway water storage tanks, Binnaway.
The Binnaway rail yards. In 2006, the town had a population of 495 people.
I just like the tree.
The Binnaway Silos. Original concrete silo type S027 [2700 tonne capacity] built 1935.
The Only Way is Up.
Between the rail wagons.
The Binnaway Silo
Bridge over the Castlereagh River, Binnaway.
Rainbow over the field.
Big sky near Dunedoo.
Scene near Dunedoo.
Scene near Dunedoo.
Mudgee scenery.
Old rail bridge, over the Cudgegong River, near the old Munna rail station, Wilbertree Flat, Mudgee.
Old rail bridge, over the Cudgegong River, near the old Munna rail station, Wilbertree Flat, Mudgee.
This section, from Mudgee to Gulgong, was opened on the 14th April 1909. It has been suspended from use from the 30th June 2007.
Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) has a fan in Mudgee.
