Sr Paricia had touched us in a deep way when she spoke about a spiritual connectedness among all of "creation" and notions of eco-spirituality.
The Drip, north of Mudgee towards Coolah, had made a strong impact on Julie, and to some extent on me.
Locals have done a lot of work to rehabilitate this site, which had great significance for the local Wiradjari people, and have been campaigning for about 6 yearsto have it incorporated into the local National Park system.
We did not have time on Saturday to explore the area to any great degree so we headed back on Monday morning.
We were not disappointed.
We had lunch while we were there and then, as a surprise for Julie, I headed north for about 2km to the "Hands On Rock".
This is a series of rock paintings of hands done over time by local Indigenous people. It is maintained by NPWS. The painters used ochre and their hands as a stencil, blowing the ochre across their hands on to the rock face. From the carpark area it is a 600m walk uphill to a viewing platform.
Julie had visited about 20 years ago and was keen to see it again.
The painitings were getting fainter over time but many were still visible and the sense of connectedness to a long history and the local environment was palpable.
We then headed back towards Mudgee and decided to go cross country to visit Gulgong, the town on the $10 note.
It was interesting to visit, with lots of old houses and other buildings in various states of repair and renovation. It even has an opera house! Very refined.
From there we headed back to Mudgee to get a well earned night's sleep.
Cheers
Michael & Julie
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