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Abercrombie Caves

Hi lovelies, Today was our first “let’s go for a walk” day for a while.   😊 . We headed off for Abercrombie Caves, which are about 60km south-eastish of Bathurst.   Now the good news is – before we went I checked on the days they are open, and we actually found the caves without getting lost. The bad news – well none really.    The road to the caves off the highway is very narrow and very windy and with very steep drop-offs.   We actually followed the ranger car in, so if there was someone coming the other way he was going to meet them first.    We got our pass tokens to enter the caves and headed off.   The walk is only about 1 ½ km round trip, so not a big walk, and only one up-hill part and a long set of stairs down to the entrance of the caves. The area is very dry.   Grove creek runs through area and it was flowing. One of the first stop is where you cross a bridge and see where the creek has...

Father's Day in Bathurst

Hi lovelies, Well as much as I tried, I could not get Robbie to do the blog today.   I said it was Father’s Day so he should do it, he said as he had done the last couple it was my turn.   😊 . We have had a wonderful time doing father-type things today. First, I called my Dad and we had a lovely chat.      Our plans for the day were to have a leisurely morning before heading off to the National Motor Racing Museum. I had booked Robbie (and me) to have a trip around the Bathurst circuit in a Holden Monaro. We arrived a little early so that we could have a walk around the museum until it was time for our ride.   When we arrived, they also had rides available on a “motor-trike”, so we booked one of those as well. The Museum was wonderful.   So much history.   They also have an immersion room where they show a surround-video of a lap of the circuit.   Really cool. Lots of cars, Bikes, ...