The Winter Holiday - the last bit (Lots of Photos)

I had attempted to get the other posts to publish on various dates but obviously I didn't do it properly and so they had to be published the last couple of days when I realised what had happened.  I also thought I had already completed this post ...... apparently not lol so here is the quick run down.  We spent 5 days at Copeton Dam with friends who live just down the road from us.  While the men went out fishing during the day - Deb and I took Lucy and Bella on various walking adventures..........

Lucy & Bella

Wild Goats - We also got to see wild deer and a wild pig

After our long morning walks and rambles through the bush - rest time (play time) was the agenda

Using the tennis court as a lead free zone!

Pete and Dave after another hard day fishing on the dam with no fish!   Evening camp fire was a must and a few evening meals shared before bedtime

Morning!!!

Soooooo many Kangaroos everywhere - Dogs had to be on the leads all the time unless in the little yard at the cabin (or the tennis court we found and used a lead free zone)

And this was how many of our walks went ...... getting huge prickles out of paws/ tails/ fur!! From the below Prickly Pear and below further a most awful looking prickle bush

A great 5 days and then it was time to pack up and go our separate ways ..... we headed to Nundle where I was looking to do the Woollen Mill tour.......

Lots of Solar Farms around the area with solar panels stretching as far as the eye could see in some places

Nundle Working Woollen Mill - the machines are over a hundred years old

Above is the dying area with a close up below

Then onto the cones and into balls ready for selling

13 people died in an aircrash in the area and a memorial is in the park

We stayed in Nundle overnight and then headed to Mudgee the next morning.  A big Cotton Growing Area on the way

I love the look of cotton all fluffy white rolled up into coloured bales lol

Its a little hard to read - but we kept passing signs for Coonabarabran turn offs and I couldn't help but message Chooky to let her know we were passing signs that go within a relatively close area to her lol

 We were meant to be staying in Mudgee for a couple of nights but heavy non stop rain ended up changing our plans and after Mudgee we headed straight for home to try avoiding getting caught in flooded areas.  It was only a couple of hours drive from Nundle to Mudgee and rather a nice drive.

I managed to have a quick catchup with a friend - Lynne - from the 50+ group who lives in Mudgee. It was great to finally meet in person after all these years!  The coffee shop we went to was an old chemist building ....

The cabin at the Mudgee Caravan Park catered well for dogs - even providing a bed inside for them.

This place states it is the home of the "Black Stump" - Coolah 

The trip home was just a tad longer (about 7-8 hours) but we did it in the one day and were pleased to get back home again.  Hopefully you've enjoyed seeing some of the photos.  I had originally planned to do blog posts as we trekked from town to town - clearly that didn't work lol - till next time xo