driving from Parkes to home

Immediately upon leaving P proper we settled into classic country road driving; mostly smooth, two lanes, no edge markings. Alongside the road are alternating, cropping fields, lush pastures with sheep or light remnant bush. Traffic was light, with few trucks or caravans and no road trains. 
   Wellington proved a high point, with its romantic rural decay, modern touches and pristine riverfront scenes. To the east large solar farms, gave way to wind farms, than lush rolling paddocks with wooly sheep grazing. Occasionally ranges topped with large grey mossy stones added ruggedness. I actually teared up with the beauty of the various features. At Gulgong it gets flatter, browner, The Drip National Park was an oasis.
  Golbourn River. 
 
The Drip. 

From Ulan through to south of Singleton via the turn off south of Sandy Hollow (pretty), was shit. Soulessness created by mining, mounds of grey waste heaps and alpha males on hi viz behind the wheels of dp trucks and 4wd utes. Ugly as. 
Good to be home with cats and dogs, fire. 

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