It was nice to know that we didn't have to pack everything up and load the car today. We are in Orange again tonight so that gave us the opportunity to have a bit of a sleep-in before we set off to explore the Sculptures in the Bush at Blayney and Newbridge.
But first ... breakfast. We decided to try Maccas - because Sooz loves the Hot Cakes. And I have to say it wasn't a bad choice. The Hot Cakes were yum, the Sausage & Egg McMuffin was full and not paper-thin, and the coffee was drinkable. I'm calling it a win/win. I'm not sure when Maccas changed their coffee blend but now that we know that it is okay (as opposed to their orange juice which just isn't to our taste/liking) we may drop in on them again on our Road Trip travels.
Blayney is about half-an-hour's drive from Orange, so it didn't take long to get there. The first big sign we saw when we arrived in town was that a map of the Sculptures was available on the Council website. (They had a paper version as well, but they had run out of them at the Information Centre.) So between the online map and Google Maps, we were able to find just about all of the Sculptures, except the one at the local High School that had been vandalized on the second day of the Festival, and the one at the Retirement Village. It wasn't a total loss though because when we were at the High School we saw students working on their vegetable garden (with some minion "helpers") and others working on the native garden.
The sculptures were of various levels of complexity and accomplishment ... and good on them for having a go! It just showed me how spoiled we are on the Gold Coast with the Swell Sculpture Festival. I do like Hay Bale Art though and when we get home, I will see if there are any festivals a bit closer to us there. For more pics from in and around Blayney, check out
this link.
The only thing we didn't like about the motel on the first night was that they didn't have a microwave. I have been looking/searching/trolling the internet looking for a milk heater/frother with a variable temperature - and I don't know why it is that I've never been able to find one before, but there it was - the Breville Milk Cafe - in the search results yesterday. They had them at Harvey Norman Orange, so on the way home we called in to pick one up (no need to put one away for you, said the gentleman on the phone when I rang through earlier to check stock availablity - we have four!). I tried the BMC this afternoon and for the first time I have hot enough milk from a milk heater/frother - with the option of setting the temperature even higher - to 70+ degrees - although I'm not sure how much the "+" is. That will be a job for when I get home - checking the temperature in my thermometer milk jug.
Poking around in the different drawers at the motel tonight, I found something I haven't seen for a while: a telephone directory - combining White Pages and Yellow Pages. What I didn't find was a Gideon Bible - remember how they used to be in every motel/hotel room. Maybe they're still a feature - just not here.
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