Sunday - Day 12 - 7 May 2023

West Wyalong

You know you're back in New South Wales when the metal public toilet bowls don't have plastic seats - one of the features we loved in Victoria. You can really feel the difference especially when the temperature is around 11 degrees C (Forbes NSW). Thank goodness it wasn't any colder because anything could have happened!

 
It was colder at our stop for the night though. The temperature was 3 degrees C as we drove into Orange - and the person who checked us into the motel said we were lucky we missed the sleet. Wow! That explains why Ravi warned us of the possibility of black ice on the road - who knew there was even a little dash icon for that? I took heed - and turned the Cruise Control off. It has been unseasonably cold in NSW today - there has been snow in the ski fields, and on the streets of Canberra - where we were this time last week. I don't mind not having to drive on snow - although you never know what tomorrow morning will bring here in Orange! Part of me wants it to snow overnight ... it's okay we have the heater cranked right up for the night - the other part of me thinks it will be very cold packing the car in the morning if we have to crunch through snow!

Lions guarding the plane @ West Wyalong

There were some very demanding drivers on the roads between Narrandera and Orange today. At one point we had someone riding almost on our back bumper so at the very first opportunity, I pulled to the side so he could overtake - and the person behind him - and then they proceeded to go slower than us for the next 20km. Hmmmmm. Mind you, part of that was though "not" road works, and we've decided we will speak with our friend Syl to ask her what the go is when there isn't road works happening in road works zone - what's the allowed speed limit. If anyone will know, it will be her.

We almost went to another Silo for art today but it turned out to be a bit far off our beaten track - and we've decided we will come back to Weethalle another day - probably when we go to the Wildlife Centre (Zoo) at Darlington Point.

Forbes Fountain

We had to have a laugh at the sign as we entered the Bland Shire - "Far From Dull and Boring". We liked it, especially when we found the sign that explained that Bland Shire had teamed with the towns of Dull (in Scotland) and Boring (Oregon USA) to form the League of Extraordinary Communities. This sign was in front of a Royal Australian Air Force plane which seems to have been in the West Wyalong park for quite a while!

We lunched in Forbes - and while it wasn't incredibly inspiring, it did hold us over until dinner. Breakfast was better - Sooz found Cafe Shazaray in Narrandera on Trip Advisor - it had a good review - and it looked like the locals had heard about it too because it was packed.