Mudgee, NSW

Mudgee Rally

 Mudgee, NSW, April 2013

Mudgee hosted The National Antique Tractor and Engine Rally this year.

We arrived at the caravan park and discovered that the "back corner" site we had been allocated was in fact the best site in the park, overlooking the Cudgegong River.

We spent a couple of days getting to know a few others who were also here for the rally as well as a few others who happened to be here to see the very interesting old mining area.

Gulgong, NSW

Several couples from Temora and area as well as Cynthia joined us after a couple of days.

Mudgee has a mining history, old buildings as well as being a wine and food area now days. It is also within a day drive distance of the town of Gulgong, Rylestone, Kandos, Hill End and Sofala.

Gulgong, NSW

We had an interesting day in Gulgong, "the Ten Dollar Town", so named because of its street photos on the original $10 note. Several hours were spent in the museum, we took a pass-out at lunch time and completed our tour of the museum after lunch at the pub. The street-scape of Gulgong is as if you had stepped back in time, very narrow, crooked streets and great old buildings. The Gulgong Opera House has been saved from demolition and is now used a regularly. Many great artists have performed here and it is well worth a visit. We didn't have time to see all of Gulgong in one day so made a return trip.

Gulgong, NSW

A trip to Kandos was mandatory for me as my grandfather was the manager of the Co-Op there in approximately 1920. On our drive to Kandos we stopped for a cuppa and a walk around Rylestone, another quaint mining town with more narrow, crooked streets and well preserved old buildings.
Another day trip was to Hill End and Sofala. After a visit to the Old Hill End Hospital Museum and Visitors Centre we paid a visit to the local hotel for lunch where Crawf struck-up a conversation with a chap who wrote a song about Temora's famous horse, Paleface Adios.

Hill End, NSW

Hill End is devoted to it's history with informative plaques along the streets to tell the stories of the area. From Hill End we completed our day with a visit to the other very hilly old mining town of Sofala.
Ten days were spent at Mudgee and area, looking at old tractors, towns, buildings and catching up with many friends, old and new.



Rylestone, NSW