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We packed up our vans and left our comfortable spot at the Tamworth City Lights Caravan Park for the destination of Bathurst south of us. Stopping at Wallabadah we discovered a great parking area for caravans where overnight camping is allowed. Next to the camping area is a beautiful little park dedicated to the descendants of those who sailed on the First Fleet. Many of the descendants now regularly use the park for family reunions. There is no other memorial in Australia that lists all the names of the people who sailed on the First Fleet.
This was only a very small town and has this beautiful memorial.
Onwards south and as Lance said “ more bloody hills”.
Again we found a great rest area to have our lunch. A Vietnam Memorial formed part of the rest area. This rest area was at the entrance to Muswellbrook. As we drove on from this Memorial, there was another Memorial to the Nashos (National Service Men ).
We had decided to camp at a free camp but it wasn’t suitable. As we got back onto the road a voice came the UHF radio telling us about Cassilis, a $10 night camp at the Cassilis Bowling Club. Showers and toilets were included in this price, just no internet connection.
The St Columba's Anglican Church which was built of sandstone in 1899 was just near us with the golden canola fields in the distance.
Cassilis began in the 1830s as a private village called Dalkeith which served the Cassilis and Dalkeith stations.
Aboriginal bushranger Jimmy Governor worked as a police tracker at Cassilis just prior to taking up a job at Breelong where he started a three-month rampage which resulted in the murder of ten people. His story served as the basis of Thomas Keneally's novel The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith which was made into a film.
Sunset at Cassilis:
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