Day 34 (128)
17–19 mar, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
67Km Bethungra to Coolamon NSW
Overcast and drizzling on and off over the day, worse in the evening 🌧️ , high 25
🏡Home for couple of nights
Coolamon Caravan Park ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
$30 P&W
Shower, toilets, laundry, camp kitchen, dump point
Grass sites, fairly level
Optus Reception
🚴14-20km MTB ride
👍🏻 The history
👎🏻 Rain 🌧️
We drove past Coolamon earlier in our trip and thought it looked an interesting town, so decided to check it out on our journey home
And so glad we did.
We are camped on soft green grass- luxury 🥰
Once set up we went for a walk and found so much history in this small and beautiful town 🚶♀️
Our first stop was the Coolamon Railway Station, a heritage listed site, and we were fortunate to see the restored Southern Aurora 🚂. The overnight passenger train originally operated from 1962 to 1986 between Sydney and Melbourne but is now used by Vintage Rail Journeys for adventures through regional NSW
We then wandered up the Main Street, stopping for an awesome coffee at GiGi the Gourmet Grocer ☕️
The Coolamon Fire Museum is located at the top of the street and WOW it’s jam packed full of fire fighting memorabilia 🚒🧯, the private collection of Chris Berry carpenter, fireman and engine keeper. We were fortunate to meet Chris and Johnny loved exploring and discussing the changes in fire safety over the years (could our trip now be claimable on tax 🤔)
On the next corner is the Up-To-Date Store, built in 1909 it was a bustling general store where locals could buy everything from its many departments - grocery, drapery, millinery, ironmongery and more. The volunteers share stories and history of the building, those that worked there and the community it served.
From there you progress to the RSL museum for a glimpse of into the military history of the area.
Back at camp we jumped on our bikes and headed to the Kindra State Forest to play on the MTB trails that wind through the bushland and include the ‘Twister’, Flats’ and ‘Bumps’.
Justine spent most of her time mastering the flats and attempting the bumps whilst the Seagull just raced around in his element 🚴🏼♀️🚴
Unfortunately the rain increased over the evening and made sitting outside unpleasant so we retreated into the van 🌧️Leggi altro