Brisbane Family Trip - Day 2 (To Katoomba)

Day 2 saw us leaving Gundagai without taking any photos of the dog sitting on that tuckerbox (and yes, commenter from yesterday, it is not actually in Gundagai, but about 7km further on.

Lesley would not allow me to stop for photos or souvenirs.  So here is a photo taken when we were last here, a couple of years ago:

Brunch was at Rosie's Cafe in Yass. Yass is not what would be considered a tourist town, but at least the food was nice.

Once we left Yass we entered unchartered territory as we started driving further north than we had  ever been. Congratulations to Nick for the honour of being the driver as we crossed that threshold.

An hour north of Yass and we reached the town of Goulburn. The signs indicated that it was the oldest inland European town, however my interest was in something else:

The Big Merino is over 15 metres high, built with concrete and weighing 97 tonnes. The statue is based on a stud ram called Rambo that was located on a nearby property.

After the obligatory souvenirs (fridge magnet and shot glass), we quickly left Goulburn and started heading north and up, into the Blue Mountains.

We initially passed through kilometres and kilometres of pine plantations. This reminded me of the South West Victorian and Mt Gambier timber regions, only a lot higher. At one point we were at 1355m above sea level; not quite Kosciuszko, but more than twice as high as the peak of Mount Dandenong.

We eventually arrived at the town of Oberon, the regional commercial and industrial centre.

Coffee and cake were purchased at Monkey Bean Cafe. We appreciated their commitment to their logo:

We arrived in Katoomba and our AirBNB housefor the next couple of days shortly before 5.

The view:

A quiet night in before exploring the region tomorrow.

Total Km 925

Total hours behind the wheel 10 1/2

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