Well we have had a fantastic weekend. Yesterday (Saturday) we went for a drive out to the Jonalan Caves which are absolutely stunning. There are all different caves that you can go into but we choose the imperial cave - beautiful. The Road down to the caves is a bit exciting being very steep and 15km bends and they aren't joking when they say 15km. It has the most amazing Hotel when you get to the bottom which wouldn't look out of place in the Swiz Alps or somewhere like that. The entrance to the different caves is cut out of a rock mountain and the road goes through it - really is worth seeing if you get the opportunity. It took us about an hour from Orange and the Road is good even the last bit as long as you take notice of the signage - like it says not suitable for caravans or buses and honestly we can see why.
Today we went to Bathurst!! Fantastic day even if the Holdens really socked it to the Fords! we figure after the hammering they took last year they needed to get some credit back somehow ah! and yep they sure did it at one stage the first 8 placings where all Holdens - and even if there was 2 Holdens to every 1 Ford - they deserved the win - thats about as gracious as I can be ok! We coped the usual Bathurst weather, the heat and sun, the freezing wind and then the rain - as expected but it was a great day! Took the bus up the hill and the atmosphere up there is incredible - some of the camp sites are a hoot on their own without the fact that the view of the racing is brilliant. Mike wants to go in this week and drive around the track as everyone tells you how steep it is - so we will check it out for ourselves. We found getting in and out of Bathurst easier than the speedway in Gisborne - really well worked out traffic flow and control. Mind you we got out pretty quick once it was so obvious the Holdens had it all.
We are in Orange until Thursday, we are then heading off to Cowra - this is where all the Japanese prisoners of war where held captive and there was a huge outbreak of the prisoners. Apparently you can see through the jail and there are some beautiful Japanese gardens etc to acknowledge this history. We will probably stay a night there. Mind you the weather is so cold.... here when you get inland - it matches anything NZ has in winter so we will be making our way back to the coast as soon as. We also want to go to Goulburn after Cowra as Mike did some work there when he was with Macpro and wants to show me the place - then it is on to Canberra (probably stay there a week) and have a good look around that area.
Today we went to Bathurst!! Fantastic day even if the Holdens really socked it to the Fords! we figure after the hammering they took last year they needed to get some credit back somehow ah! and yep they sure did it at one stage the first 8 placings where all Holdens - and even if there was 2 Holdens to every 1 Ford - they deserved the win - thats about as gracious as I can be ok! We coped the usual Bathurst weather, the heat and sun, the freezing wind and then the rain - as expected but it was a great day! Took the bus up the hill and the atmosphere up there is incredible - some of the camp sites are a hoot on their own without the fact that the view of the racing is brilliant. Mike wants to go in this week and drive around the track as everyone tells you how steep it is - so we will check it out for ourselves. We found getting in and out of Bathurst easier than the speedway in Gisborne - really well worked out traffic flow and control. Mind you we got out pretty quick once it was so obvious the Holdens had it all.
We are in Orange until Thursday, we are then heading off to Cowra - this is where all the Japanese prisoners of war where held captive and there was a huge outbreak of the prisoners. Apparently you can see through the jail and there are some beautiful Japanese gardens etc to acknowledge this history. We will probably stay a night there. Mind you the weather is so cold.... here when you get inland - it matches anything NZ has in winter so we will be making our way back to the coast as soon as. We also want to go to Goulburn after Cowra as Mike did some work there when he was with Macpro and wants to show me the place - then it is on to Canberra (probably stay there a week) and have a good look around that area.
The Rasher of Bacon Janolan Caves
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