26/10/12

We left the rest area at 8.25am and drove to Nyngan. There we had a pit stop and a drive around town. It was bigger then we expected and it had some very old buildings. We walked past a museum that had an Iroquois Helicopter mounted on a stick. It was gift from the Federal Government to commemorate the evacuation of the town during flooding in 1990. 

Our next stop was Narromine where we had lunch. Narromine is the home town of Glen McGrath, the Australian fast bowler, and there is statue of him in Tom Perry Park. 

From Narromine we drove to Peak Hill and visited the Visitor Information Centre. The Visitor Centre sells arts and craft as well as antiques and old hand tools. 

We stopped for the night at the Currajong Rest Area, on the outskirts of Parkes and free camped.

 The Iroquois Helicopter on at stick at Nyngan

 

 Glen McGrath's Statue at Narromine

 

 Sunset at Currajong Rest Area just outside Parkes

 

Watching the trucks go by