We went to Orange for the weekend, which is about three and a half hour's drive away, up in the NSW central tablelands. It's not the most exciting town in the world, but you take what you can get at the moment in terms of tourist destinations ... it's in a wine district, so there was tasting, and it's quite historic (19th century, which is ancient for European history around here) and the countryside is very pretty. It is also very cold, being twice as high above sea level as Canberra, which was good for long self-guided historical walks around town and to offset the wine/food.
On the way back we stopped in Carcoa, which was built in a gold rush then bypassed when they put the railway in ten years later - so now has 200 people and a very cool main street. It was apparently the site of the first bank robbery in Australia.
It rained a lot. Carcoa was also the first point at which I remembered to take photos, so here are a couple more of the bridge and the church.
19th century - giggle. It all looks very pretty, though.
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