Day 38 -Friday 24th February

We left West Wyalong and drove north to Condobolin where, in the middle of nowhere, is "Utes in the Paddock", an art installation by various Australian artists. There are about twenty old Holden utes "taking on new life as part of an ambitious tribute to life in the outback".














From there we went to Parkes, and of course had to see "the dish" - the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope. We were very fortunate, as when we got there it was facing towards us, then it started moving and faced away, so could see it from both sides. This sophisticated piece of scientific equipment is ironically in the middle if a sheep paddock. I remember going to see it in the 1980's and it had a fence around it, and the sheep were there in the paddock. Now there is a cafe, tourist shop, a display centre and theatre next to the 64 meter steel paraboloid, balanced on a three storey high concrete tower. (No, we couldn't play a game of cricket in it!)







From there we drove through Peak Hill then onto Dubbo. The landscape today changed from the dry flat land to more undulating hills, taller trees and much greener than we have seen in a long time. There is also hundreds of hectares being cultivated ready for the next crops.


This pic was taken at 95km hr through the windscreen on the iPad.

Dubbo is of course the home of the Western Plain Zoo, but we didn't go there as it was too late by the time we arrived here, so sorry there aren't photos to show you.


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Location:Dubbo