Cowra say Cora not Cow ra or the locals don't know what you are saying.W e are having some difficulty making ourselves understood in N.S.W.when Joe says his name they respond by calling him John and the other day someone couldn't understand us saying Canberra.I wasn't going to write anything about Cowra but in response to popular demand or was it the remark about us not being committed to this task? I decided to knuckle down to the task ( anyway the biggest loser...

Dubbo.The night visit to the observatory was a vast improvement although the meal was average.We spent an hour with the chap with a laser pointing out the night sky and then looking through the telescope.The highlight was seeing Saturn with it's rings very clear.Have spent 3 nights in Dubbo because there was so much to do here.The Western plains zoo is fantastic and the ticket covers you for two days so we didn't get zoo overload trying to do it in 1 day.The Dubb...

CoonabarabranThe astronomy capital of Australia.Our first big stop.I was going to say the journey down was uneventful but I think passing through torrential rain around Warwick and a flat car battery yesterday could be deemed events.We fell for the glossy advertising about this area and Australia's largest telescope 28k from here and did a stopover.The countryside is lovely but the Sidings Spring Observatory was a big disappointment and we wouldn't recommended a ...