Gourmet food and revhead culture meet in Bathurst
During the week I went to Bathurst for work. In case you don’t know, for one long weekend every year Bathurst is home to Australia’s most famous race. The Bathurst 1,000. This is an institution …
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Sunday lunch Scarborough Hotel
One of those perfect autumn Sundays – still and warm with a blue, blue sky. Obviously Sunday lunch had to be somewhere outdoors. When Doc finally surfaced late morning he looked at me and said …
Stuck in Cobar without parts
I’ve just discovered one of the drawbacks of living in a small country town. While Doc was trying to fix a water leak in the car on Sunday morning, he broke something else. Of course, …
Sunday lunch project – Cobar Easter Sunday 2012
Sunday lunch number three was in Cobar. And yes, I know that’s more than a couple of hours drive from Wollongong, but we’re up here visiting relatives for Easter. This time lunch was a family …
Life in a small country town
Like many rural towns across Australia Cobar has changed – and is continuing to change. Heavily reliant on mining (gold and copper) it’s subject to the ups and downs of the mining industry. If things …
Swimming at the Newey – summertime in Cobar
We’ve been in Cobar for two days, and the weather is … SUMMER! And the summer you only get when you get away from the coast – hot, dry and still. I love it. The …