24/04/23 Travelling Day: Blayney toLane Cove NP

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We spent an hour or two following Google Gladys up hill and down dale, meandering over mountains around Bathurst and Lithgow, before realising that back in Melbourne I had instructed her to avoid highways and she was only doing what she was told.  By then it wasn't worth going back to the highway so we just completed the scenic route all the way to Lane Cove National Park in Sydney.

We stopped in Bathurst for coffee, admiring the big old buildings and the autumn colours.

Statue commemorating the European discovery of the Bathurst Plains, with Shrine of Remembrance behind.

 

It was cold.  What's new?

Bathurst's very grand Court House.

Sunlight on leaves; park gate with Shrine of Remembrance beyond; grumpy fish in the fountain.
 
By lunchtime we were following a tightrope road along the spine of a ridge in the Blue Mountains when a picnic area/trail head popped up just in time for lunch.
 
 
I took a short walk out on the walking track and was rewarded with spectacular cliff and valley views.
 

 
There were a surprising amount of flowers along the path to the cliffs.

From there it was all suburban tedium until we checked in to our cabin in Lane Cove National Park and settled in for an evening of pizza and good conversation with the Sydney branch of the family. Given that the next day was a public holiday (ANZAC Day) no one was worried about work the next day, and we finally waved goodbye to our visitors and retired at the wild old hour of 11pm.
 
Home for a couple of nights: Lane Cove National Park

 

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