Back in August I had another trip back out through Cowra and Grenfell. I’d quickly visited Grenfell back in April to see the painted silos, however I’d failed to notice that there was an interesting car museum I’d missed, the Grenfell Chrysler museum. It looked interesting and I was annoyed that I missed it, so I decided to head back that way for a road trip and check it out.
Initially I’d thought I’d just stay in Cowra again, however looking around I found Grenfell Hall, I very nice looking period house that had been turned into a B&B. So I booked in there. The house was wonderful with so many ornate features, very comfortable and included a great breakfast. The only slight disappointment was that they didn’t have a fire going, I’d been hoping to sit in the lounge in front of that and read a book at night. I was lodged in the Chapel room. If you love country houses, this is well worth a visit.
The car museum was fantastic. When I returned home, I mentioned to a friend of mine who is a car magazine editor where I’d been, and he suggested that I write a guest article, which I did. You can read my full report (in my first professionally published article here below).
https://www.musclecarmag.com.au/feature/chryslers-at-grenfell-610928
Dinner in Grenfell was a hearty pub steak (Its a small town, so you don’t have a heap of options : really two pubs, the bowling club or a Chinese restaurant. I chose the Criterion hotel. The steak was fantastic.
The coffee scene in Grenfell isn’t massive, in the morning on the Sunday, there was only one place open that did coffee which was the Kim Chi Bakery and Cafe.
I left Grenfell mid morning on the Sunday and headed to Parkes. I wanted to visit the Henry Parkes centre and have lunch at the “Dish Cafe”, the same dish made famous in the movie “The Dish“. Along the way I stopped for some pictures of the car near some Canola fields which were in full bloom. I also discovered that central NSW promote the “Canola Trail“, something I’ll be doing on a future road trip.
I was disappointed to discover that the Cafe at the dish had been closed for renovations, so I drove back to Parkes for lunch there, before driving onto Orange where I was staying a night before heading home. Did a drive to the top of Mount Canobolas which is well worth a visit. The road up the mountain is in poor condition though.
Orange is an utter fabulous foodie destination in NSW, which I’ll cover more in a future post, however the Cafe recommended to me was Factory Espresso and the coffee was fabulous.
Trecking home, I stopped in Bathurst and spend some time in the National Racing Museum in Bathurst (right next to Mount Panorama). I real mecca for fans of Australian Motor racing. As an added bonus they had free EV charging on site so I was able to charge the car for the drive home later that day.
It's all about the coffee 