Bathurst 2003

A weekend trip to Bathurst we left after work Friday and had a two night stay at a B&B not accommodation we usually use. 

We stayed at A Winter Rose Cottage 



in Morrisset Street it was truly a quaint, very clean, beautiful cottage, the décor suited the cottage beautifully, right down to the spectacular garden outside.

Breakfast in the lounge room was delicious and a wood fire burns in the cool weather, our room was very comfortable with our own bathroom. 

Dinner can also be arranged although we decided not to have dinner as we wanted to explore Bathurst in the short amount of time we had,

Bathurst is on the Macquarie River and 207km from Sydney it is Australia’s oldest inland city and has many historic buildings. 

Walking around the streets is just wonderful to see the old buildings, Howick Street, Keppel Street and Railway Station, Westpac Bank, William Street and many, many more.

  We had lunch at the Crowded House Restaurant in Ribbon Gang Lane,



 this site was originally a church dating back to 1850 and has been beautifully restored it felt wonderful to sit and enjoy this historical building.

 The name ‘Ribbon Gang’ came from a gang of bushrangers committing robbery and murder and they were known as the Ribbon Gang after the ribbons they wore in their hair.

Of course no one could come to Bathurst without going around Mt Panorama we paid our money and off we went right on the starting block and we had poll position, funny there was no competition.







  This circuit (6.2km) was established in 1938 and is opened to the public has beautiful scenic views, the speed limit is 60kph. 

We had a lot of fun going around as many times as we wanted stopping in a couple of spots to take photos. 

We will return to Bathurst to spend a few more days to have time to visit more of the historical sites.

We left on Sunday morning to return home and we decided to go through the old gold town of Sofala only 46km from Bathurst.  









Sofala is Australia’s oldest surviving gold rush town and very pretty on the Turon River. 

Walking around the streets we felt the oldness of this town the buildings are amazing with the mountains in the background it is very beautiful.