Lilian's Tree

  Monday 14 April   L –  LITHGOW   - (Co. Cook) 33°29’S 150°09’E Named  after William Lithgow, Auditor-General of New South Wales, in  1827  by the explorer Hamilton Hume.  Lithgow is on Farmers Creek, 150klm (95mi) west of Sydney. It is situated in the scenic Blue Mountains and characterised by seven valleys.  These being, Lithgow, Wolgan, Kanimbla, Capertee, Megalong, Hartley and Tarana. The Capertee Valley is the second largest valley in the world, only the Grand Canyon is bigger. Lithgow Capertee Valley Capertee Valley

 This year Paul and I did a trip through the north-west of New South Wales.  We had 11 stops, Maitland, Scone, Tamworth, Armidale, Glen Innes, Inverell, Moree, Coonabarabran, Gilgrandra, Mudgee and Katoomba. A BIG loop! There were plenty of side trips, visiting friends, looking at Silo Art, Water Tower Art and Big Things and cemeteries. We discovered new and wonderful places, meet friendly people, visited delicious bakeries, country pubs and quaint coffee shops. Some of the highlights were,  the Burning Mountain hike at Scone. A Grade 3 hike, it was challenging but we had a wonderful time doing it. Treated ourselves to Chinese for lunch afterwards. The Australian Standing Stones at Glen Innes. Visiting a working cotton farm and pecan farm at Moree were interesting. The Warrumbungle National Park and  the Siding Spring Observatory at Coonabarabran were amazing, especially walking around the outside edge of the telescope! We also discovered the Capertee Valley, the sec...