20160203 NSW Richmond, Taralga, Goulburn to Gundagai

20160203 We arrived at Richmond where we had to join the Richmond Club just to stay for one night, we will probably never return I said, but that’s the club rules, well it’s a Stupid rule.  Then to top it off the air force flew so low over the town it shook the van, so here we were thinking, No Sleep tonight but the flight stop by 9pm.

Richmond Club, Well! What can I say about Richmond “Shit Hole” says it all

04-02-2016  We left for Lithgow to check out Hassan’s Wall only we were told it’s not suitable for big rigs “Bugger”.  As we couldn't go their I googled it and found some photos which pissed me off even more.

Hassan’s Wall lookout is the highest lookout in the Blue Mountains at approximately 1,100 metres above sea level. 

Just a tad foggy.

As we pass through Oberon, the elevation is 1,113 m as we head down the mountain using low gear most of the way, some very steep decent and a bit creepy.

Black Spring Campgrounds is in the mountain surrounded by Pine trees so we camped the night and we woke to 12 degrees in the van, freezing.

05-02-2016  After Des made breaky and we set off down the mountain, and I mean down.

The scenic drive is pleasant although driving through the foggy Blue Mountains bypassing small towns along the way is a tad eerie.

We stopped at Historical Taralga to stretch our legs and check out the town. The real pioneers of Taralga were the convicts but few relics of those days remain.  Reminders of the hard working settlers who came to the district after 1840, who cleared their blocks the hard way, with axes and planted their crops by hand and the trees they cleared they built slab huts.  Theory has it that Taralga was originally called ‘Trial Gang’ as it was one of the chief centres in Argyle where convicts and bushrangers were tried.

Taralga in c1900

Taralga Today

The impressive Church of Christ the King (1934) is part of the town’s Catholic complex including a school and the presbytery.

The Taralga Hotel was built in 1876 and was called the Richlands Hotel, it later became the town’s Post & Telegraph Office and it is for sale if anyone is interested.

But the highlight for Des was spotting this trike as we were leaving Taralga, he quickly backed up to check it out, what a ripper, I can’t recall seeing anything like this before, Des was impressed only he thought he would look like a midget on it.

I managed this fly by shot as we passed through Goulburn, The Big Merino is a 15.2 metres tall concrete merino ram, Nicknamed “Rambo” by the locals.

We drove through to Gundagai where we camped 3 years ago and stayed the night, I really like this town it has a interesting history.