Before we left the motel, another visit to our dear friends.

Eastern rosellas were active in the paddocks in the early morning fog.

We had a quick look around Armidale for the local Federal member but everyone was tight lipped. These wooly locals called out Baa-naby to no success so they went for a munch with their Angus friends.

Captain Thunderbolt the Bushranger is buried outside Uralla. He was shot by a trooper near Uralla in 1870, being the longest active bushranger in Australian history. This striking statue is in the main street.

The New England Tablelands ends at the Moonbi Range. Here a lookout perched on top of a granite tor  provides views south towards Tamworth.

Sulphur crested cockatoos west of Werris Creek

The Liverpool Plains southwest of Tamworth

Cotton growing on the Liverpool Plains

Kurrajongs belong to the bottle tree family. They are commonly left in paddocks as branches can be lopped for cattle feed in times of drought.

Seed pod of the Kurrajong.

Cattle grazing on the Black Stump Way north of Coolah

Parkinson – cow number 17 – won the prize for most beautiful cow.

Pastoral image of cattle grazing with sorghum fields in the distance (photobombed by bovine).

Two intrepid travellers venturing beyond the Black Stump.

Red wattle bird in Coolah

Country south of Coolah

Narrow main street of historic Gulgong. The streetscape of Gulgong was featured on the paper $10 note released in 1966, Henry Lawson lived here for a while.

We visited historic Wellington Railway Station due to its part in our family history.

Countryside near Canowindra late in the day. Saw a huge brown snake near here crossing the road and nearly spanned one lane of the highway.

Wedge-tailed eagle count today: 5     Also saw one group of Apostle birds.