We carried on North from Young to Grenfell where we planned to stay at a free camp located at the old railway station. We got setup on the bitumen parking area in front of the Railway display. The area was supplied by the local Lions Club and Men's Shed. Had a nice covered barbecue area with a fresh water tap. There is also a dump point located at the front of the property. There was an amenity block with flush toilets as well. 3 Stars for these. There was a donation box underneath the BBQ which we contributed to. Great to see small town support grey nomads with fine areas like this. Was the reason we chose Grenfell over Young or Cowra to be honest.
We did a walk around the main downtown area after lunch. Grenfell appears to be best known for being the home of Henry Lawson. A number of old buildings were also an attraction. We enjoyed a quiet evening in the caravan.
Thursday morning we decided to do a day tour of the area. We headed back towards Young but took a more back-road route. Our first stop was the Iandra Castle which is a huge building located in the middle of nowhere. It is a heritage listed property and open for viewing by appointment. We made do with a few pictures from the roadside.
Next we took a short unsealed road to Touts Lookout which offers a stunning view of the local area. There is also a camping area here with basic toilet blocks. Would be a beautiful view but could be windy as it was when we were there. Surprise, surprise, we got some awesome photos of the surrounding area and canola fields!
From here we traveled through Young and drove South towards Harden/Murruburrah. We stopped for a stretch at a craft store/information centre in Murruburrah before heading off towards Boorowa. A bit of a homecoming for Sandra as she had once attended the Boorowa Ball back in the 70's. She couldn't remember too much but we took a couple of pictures for mementos.
Back in the car we drove through Murringo before arriving back in Young. Lovely scenic drive with rolling hills, lovely fields, and lots of sheep/cattle. We returned to the Visitor Centre where we purchased a small piece of art we had liked the previous visit. They were kind enough to recommend a lovely gluten free restaurant, The Rhubarb Emporium, where we enjoyed a great lunch. We even bought some gluten free desserts for later.
We finished off our trip to Young with a quick trip to Woolworths to top up with diesel and groceries. We returned to Grenfell where we looked up the artist from Mangrove Mountain we had seen at Young. She lives and has a gallery in Grenfell on a lovely rural property. We stopped in for a visit and she gave us a tour of the gallery. It didn't turn out the Sandra knew her but she was an interesting person and was planning a caravan trip so we had lots to chat about. Returned to the caravan for a quiet night.
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