After our couple of days exploring, it was time to start heading home for all those commitments that we couldn’t avoid.
We were back in Warren by morning tea time, but alas, there was no carrot cake at the coffee shop this time. We had to make do with a delicious muffin instead. Such hardship.
While walking up the street, we noticed that the museum and art gallery was open, so of course we went in. It is housed in the old building on the right, which has A Alexander Provider cast into the facade.
After that business closed, it transformed into a motor vehicle business, followed by a tyre fitting business. It had been empty for some time and with the assistance of a government grant, this impressive museum was established and opened in 2023. It is fully run by volunteers and is self funding. We met a lovely fellow on the day we were there, who was very informative.
The museum is fresh and modern in style.
We had a nice wander around. I liked this display of wool bale stencils. “Haddon Rig” is a very well known historic merino wool producing property. “Egilabra” is also a famous merino wool line. Some years ago Mick and I visited a number of historic wool sheds in our area and the Egilabra blood line featured in most of the properties.
What was really impressive, was the back section of the museum had blank walls. They acted as screens for an impressive audio visual display showcasing the various aspects of life in the Warren area. There was the Macquarie Marshes, cotton production, sheep, cattle, wheat, shearing sheds, as well as the general scenery. It was really enjoyable to watch.
Through the door in the middle of the display is an art gallery space, which featured local artists’ works.
One item that we had a good look at was a model of the Macquarie River created in the 1950s. This had been housed in the local Department of Lands for many years, but was gifted to the museum, to prevent it ever being removed from the district in the future. It showed all the little water ways, running all over the place. Really interesting.
After our visit, it was time to get back on the road. Our next stop was in Narromine. The blossoms had really come out in the few days since we had been there. We had also collected a lot of bugs on the windscreen.
In the early afternoon, we called in at Dubbo shopping centre and caught up with Di and Chooky, which was a nice surprise. It was good to see them.
Just south of Dubbo they are erecting some large power poles in readiness for the nearby solar farm’s commencement.
Our destination for the day was the caravan park at Wellington, right by the Macquarie River. Some nibbles in the late afternoon were in order.
It was good to see that the resident goats were still there.
The next day it was just straight down the highway to home.
We had enjoyed a lovely few days away, all the more special as they were totally unplanned. Then it was time to actually stay home for a little while.
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