Gulgong Gossip

Hi again,

Another step in the trek had us leaving Newcastle on a bright and shiny autumn day and heading up the valley towards Gulgong. We lunched in the park at Merriwa and checked out the art and craft stores as well as the information hut, that had heaps of local stuff to peruse.

Heading on up the Valley there were roadworks with red mud everywhere. Ross had a little road rage on the water truck guy who had trouble with his signals and we ended up covered in red mud which was an extra task when we got to Gulgong - boy that's sticky stuff and it gets in all the little cracks and crevices.

Also starting to see plenty of animals and birds. Plenty of kangaroos and even a giant wombat and a couple of echidnas and flocks of both white and Gray cockatoos.

Gulgong Caravan Park is old but green and leafy. The bathrooms are vivid pink for girls of course and there is handcream and vases of roses in the room. but then the gardens look like a bomb hit them and the playground is like a dessert. lucky Ross didn't want to play on the slippery slide. Met a few long time travellers - Bob and Deirdre Ellis been travelling in a huge van for 14 years - they invited us for evening drinks and gave us a run down on van park etiquette and rules and routines. They were a mine of information.

Gulgong is a Heritage town, old buildings and narrow meandering streets as well as cranky old CWA  ladies who won't get off their bums to help you. Lunch at the pub (info from Bob and Deirdre) for $6 - fish n chips and burgers - guaranteed heartburn! They also have the biggest $2 dollar shop in the world - we spent heaps of time wondering at all the treasures.

Gulgong is the town on the $10 note and home of Henry Lawson - quaint but not somewhere you would stay for more than a couple of days.

The Butcher Shop Cafe does a great coffee and is worth a visit.