Today was an interesting drive from Denman to Dubbo. The Golden Hwy is not the best piece of road around, not as bad as central Queensland but still very ordinary. We had a lot of bouncing and swaying going on, combined with the wind made it a bit trying at times. Friday the 13th came to the fore!

We stopped off in Merriwa to see the silo art and have a cuppa in the town. As I’ve mentioned before all country town’s have there own little story that they leverage off to bring in tourists and Merriwa’s is Merino sheep and the annual sheep festival in June.

Further up the road and it was Dunedoo’s turn, with silo art of Winx the record winning racehorse the was foaled in Jerry’s Plains which is not that far from Dunedoo.

From Dunedoo to Dubbo we had to battle a few thunderstorms which had hit the whole area. Dubbo had 3 hailstorms before we arrived so Friday the 13th struck again. Dubbo is a lot greener than I thought it would be but the locals tell me its been good rainfall this year after many years of poor rain.

Off to golf tomorrow and then Sunday Susan and I are visiting the Wester Plains Zoo. Nothing like visiting a zoo in 39 degrees, so it should be interesting.