Parkes to Hillston NSW

Thursday 12th May 2022
Today was to be a big drive day as we haven’t really made a great deal of distance in the last few days. We have seen lots of different things and gone up and down and roundabout, changing direction on a whim. It has been lots of fun.

We are really happy we stayed in the Motel last night as there was a lot of rain overnight and it was still raining this morning. After a slow start we headed west towards Condobolin, halfway there we took a detour at Yarrabandai and headed south towards Bedgerabong, to then head NW to Condobolin. This detour was to see a couple of new sculptures along the way. They were amazing. Definitely a worthwhile detour. We then headed west to Lake Cargelligo for a late lunch, unfortunately the weather impacted the scenery here, as it has for the last couple of days. We then headed further SW to Hillston. It was an enjoyable albeit tiring day of driving for David with the rain, road conditions and length of time. On arrival at Hillston after checking in to a cabin for tonight we went for a walk around Lake Woorabinda before the rain started again.

: The roads were challenging today with continuous rain, many hidden puddles, with water covering the roads..

: ..then we travelled narrow single lane roads with diverse landscapes, from the brown here..

: ..to the lush green not too far along the road.

: Explanation of Sonata.

: Heart of Country Sculpture – Besides being enormous..

: ..it had a strong presence..

: ..it was impressive..

: ..and an incredible piece of artwork. I loved it.

: Description of ‘Heart of Country’ sculpture.

: Wandering artwork..

: ..this too was impressive in size and on first sight reminded me of a snake..

: Description of ‘Wandering’ Sculpture.

: Flooded trees recovering from bushfires.

: Banar Lake – I thought this was someones flooded pastures. The maps indicate that this is sometimes a dry lake.

: Deadman’s Point, Lake Cargelligo.

: Story behind the naming of Deadman’s Point.

: A bit of Lake Cargelligo history.

: Silo art at Lake Cargelligo

: The other side of the Silo art at Lake Cargelligo

: Heading west of Lake Cargelligo the scenery was changeable..

: ..at every turn.

: We intended travelling to Wallanthery via the National Park along Lachlan River Road. Our maps contradicted each other. One showed bitumen, the other dirt. We thought we would have a quick look as the dirt supposedly wasn’t too far along, if it was dirt at all. Unfortunately for us it was dirt, so with the wet roads we backtracked to the main road.