MUDGEE & SOFALA

We left beautiful Gulgong today about lunch time.....had a few hiccups...but I won’t go into them....luckily I have a very clever hubby that fixed all of those problems....with a few bandaides to show for his efforts!

Mudgee was only about an hour away..so we stopped to have a look around the pretty town....it was very warm....

The old regent theatre isn’t used anymore but a squizzy through the windows revealed a gorgeous foyer with ticket box and huge wooden doors in to “the stalls”....shame to see it closed....

Lots of lovely old churches....

J

Quiet down this end of town...

And this ones for you Bett as I know how much you just love the Irish....not!!

Hahaha....

So we stocked up on fresh food and had lunch in the park....

Then we decided to take a road unknown to us and ended up at this lovely little village called Sofala.

What a find!!!  We drove through wine country....a winery with a cafe every 5 klm I’m sure!! Very pretty but also very dry....it would have been such a sight had the landscape been greener....but it was still lovely. 

So then we came across Sofala. It has a population of about 200. 

It was just like being transported back to the 1800’s....I kid you not....it was such a weird experience!

We parked the car and van at the entrance to the little village and went for a walk back in time..

The Main Street!

The fences in the town are all made from wrought iron bedheads!

We are staying the night in the village....we are the only ones here...so we can see the rest of the village tomorrow.....

There is a river that once went through the village but it’s mostly dry....

The river bed....

This bridge was made in England as labour was cheaper over there than in Australia...it was washed away in the floods many many years ago...some local man found it, downstream, dug it out with his tractor and they had it all restored.

It wasn’t allowed to go over the river again...so they had to put it in the park where we are ....for people to read all about its story..very interesting story it was....a true labour of love for the townsfolk here. 

Gosh we love finding these old towns...so much history....loving it!! 

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