Apple Tree Flat

Not to be confused with Appletree Flat. Apple Tree Flat is about 17km out of Mudgee but make sure you keep your eyes peeled these minor location signs can be easy to miss.

After unsuccessfully trying to find Apple Tree Flat on the way to Mudgee we figure it should be easy on way back. My phone GPS passes Apple Tree Flat so we pull into Logan Wines so I have something to be photographed in front of.

Ms Tv takes my photo out the front of Logan Wines, we didn't have a tasting though.

Just like what happened with Ammerdown the sign 'magically' appears when we have given up!

It was kind of cold.

Corrugated iron cockatoo sculpture on the side of the road.

P and Ms Tv trying to figure out the cause of the clunking noise in the boot.

Lake Windamere is apparently a great spot for fishing and many anglers regard the water as Australia's premier yellowbelly fishery.

Turns out there was a bit of a bubble in the tyre of something. Ended up blowing near Ms Tv's house luckily.  

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Aarons Pass

Aarons Pass located 224km North West of Sydney and off the main road and also in an area that has limited phone coverage! Makes getting there that much more special. 

Guest appearance by RAS again which was the touring car for the Campbelltown trip a few months back. This time we are off the Mudgee for a girls weekend.

Aarons Pass is named after explorer Lawson's Aboriginal guide who helped him find the area which later became known as Mudgee.

Aarons Pass is another locality made up of a few farms. We came across a wool shed and I saw the ceramic cows heads hanging off the fence. We get out and these kittens, possible there to deal with mice eating the hay, start being all cute and affectionate to us.

Ms Television and P are fine with a minor detour off the main road to check out the exciting town that is Aarons Pass even though Ms Tv informs us that she is "busting" in the middle of nowhere. 

We are on our way to meet the other girls so can't sit around playing with cats all afternoon. The cats are reluctant to let us go and decide to play about under P's car.

P drives off leaving me with the cats and I have to run up to car almost diving in through the window to escape the cats. Possibly way more dramatic than what actually happened.

They look forlornly at us as we speed off.

Aarons Pass... not an overly interesting place on it's own but it was an interesting trip there and I do like cats.

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Angus Place

Bit of an off road jaunt to Angus Place on the way back to Sydney from Cowra one weekend. 

Angus Place is about 120km west-ish of Sydney and had a population of 353 people at the 2006 census, never saw one of them. Did have a few cars driving about though.

Angus Place's claim to fame is that it has one of the highest mines in NSW as the town is about 925m above sea level, no idea at all if this has any affect on the quality of coal or not.

That's all for Angus Place. The town was fairly small another of those towns that has a 'major' road through it. Couldn't really pick out a town centre of sorts.

This is my first A-Town on my own so I had no one to take my picture in front of a sign. Heaps windy so each time I put my camera on top of my car it would nearly blow off. Will have to invest in weighted tripod.

Wallarawang Power station is nearby and get 74% of it's coal supply from Angus Place Colliery.

What did I get from going to Angus Place? This was the first time in ages that I had as leisurely drive back home to Sydney. I usually hang around until the last possibly moment and then drive the four hours back with no break. This way much better.
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