At Coonabarabran, NSW

After we left Tamworth we headed to Coonabarabran, NSW for a couple of nights.  The town is in the hills and gets rather cold in winter, but the day we were there is was 35degC, yes, winter 2017.
Have been several times before to this lovely town, taken many photos in the past this time I took houses.
The Warrumbungle Rangers are near by plus there are Telescopes scattered around the hills and a Astronomical Observatory which you can see [here] from a visit we did in 2013.

This visit we had Chinese at the Restaurant which is associated to one in Sydney.

This is part of the main street which is also the Highway, there are not that many shops here the nearest town or city is some distance away.

The Catholic Presbytery.

A Hall

This building is need of some tender loving care.

Wide streets.

The above and below photos were taken as we were driving past, so they may not be as clear as they should be.  I'm not one for stopping in a street getting out of the moving vehicle and pointing the camera at a house, unless it's really necessary.

The map below, still some distance from Devonport in Tasmania.  You can see Bendigo just above Melbourne on the left, this is where we were headed after Wellington NSW.

After the Bush Fires. Coonabarabran. NSW

Many properties were destroyed in the bush fires in January 2013 up on the Timor Rd, West of Coonabarabran in NSW. The Telescopes were saved and the photos I took were taken 6 months later.

Taken by the NSW Rural Fire Service.

Taken by the NSW Rural Fire Service.

Telescope, Warrumbungle Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW

Anglo-Australian Astronomical Observatory is a 3.9 meter optical telescope the largest in Australia, situated at an altitude of a little over 1100 m. The dome is 36m high, - 118 feet.
The telescope is housed with a seven-story, circular, concrete building. It was designed to withstand the high winds prevailing at that location. The slit is narrow. The dome is required to move with the telescope to avoid obstruction.

Of course we decided to venture up the mountain to take a peek and some photos. A short distance from our destination we heard a noise in the 4wheel drive's back wheel, upon investigation it was discovered that an Allen key was lodged in the tyre. Everything was taken out of the back and tyre changed but being a Sunday no place was open in Coonabarabran to have the tyre repaired, so we drove some distance to the next town for repairs the next morning.

Art on the walk.

Taken through a window.

The mishap!