Cobar - place of many goats

A straight stretch down the road from Nyngan (@ 150km) we arrived at Cobar and immediately got the obligatory photo of the caravan under the Cobar sign. The grassed site in the caravan park was quite dusty and the ground as hard as concrete when trying to drive the awning pegs in, but it was quiet enough and we were not jammed in like the sites with a concrete slab.

We took a look at Fort Bourke open-cut mine then did a tour of the museum / information centre which was basically all about the mining history of the town. Got a bit of a shock when we bought some groceries as basic food items were considerably dearer but that is what happens in these isolated towns (and when there is no competition in supermarkets (2 supermarkets - both IGA - both owned by the same people so I was told)

Drove out to Mt Grenfell to view some Aboriginal rock art. It was a pleasant walk. The road out of Cobar is where we encountered goats. There were thousands of them in a variety of colours and the baby goats were so cute. They are feral and I'm sure quite destructive but fortunately they seem to have road sense as we only saw one carcass beside the road. We also saw our first emus in the wild - funny birds. (Haven't got any photos of either of these yet)

Before leaving Cobar, we met up with the son of friends of ours, who is a teacher at Cobar. He is into his 5th year here and loves the town - very friendly and a great sense of community.Read more