Friday was forecast to be the hottest day of the Bathurst weekend. Can I just say that if you are trying to protect your skin from the sun, you can do worse than a Bond's hoodie. I bought one of these and was able to wear it even when the temperature hit nearly 30 degrees but it wasn't too hot, I only pulled the sleeves up a couple of times. Brett and I took off in the morning heading for the action. We stopped first at the nearest official viewing area to our c...

The first day of action at the track. We awoke to bird noise again, after being serenaded by generators into the night. I hate generators. The gennies had been silenced sometime during the night. We had a proper camping breakfast - hand squeezed juice of navel and blood oranges, follwed by lamb loin chops (cheap, big and delicious from a country butcher) with a fried egg and finished up with plunger coffee. We know how to live in style in our little campervan. ...

First up after breakfast it was time to refill the gas bottles. We didn't want to run out of gas while camped at the mountain. It was probably not really necessary as we carry a spare bottle, but since our fridge runs on gas, better to be safe than sorry. We next headed to the laundromat to get some last minute washing done. There was a family from Narangba there and we watched all the trucks heading to the marshalling area for the parade through Bathurst. I sho...

Every morning we wake to the sound of birdsong. Because we have been staying in different places, the sound of the birdsong has depended on which birds live locally. This morning, on the lake, the birdsong was duck. Not exactly tuneful! It was a beautiful morning on the lake. I decided to try my hand at bird photography. The first thing I learned was that the best way to attract birds is to put the camera away. The birds will pose beautifully but fly away as s...

Today was a day of industrial history. Lithgow is full of it. Not many other people seem to be interested though, and I am not sure why. I find it fascinating. Perhaps that is partly due to the company I am keeping. Val and Steve rejoined us just before 10am and we headed off to Blast Furnace Park (is that the coolest name for a park ever, or what?) The park is on the site of the remnants of Australia's first blast furnace, where our iron and steel industry re...