Carcoar Dam

Carcoar Dam is located just off the Mid-Western Highway in NSW, 10 km from Blayney and about halfway between Bathurst and Cowra.  Blayney has good shopping and very useful hardware stores.  We've been here for just over a week.  There is quite a large camping area so there's no need to feel crowded.  On Friday the population increased significantly  and by today we were back to about 8 camps here.

We have a fantastic spot close enough to the dam to fill our water tanks.  There are fish in the dam, apparently it's the best place to catch redfin in NSW - we haven't had any luck though.  We think fishing is a great way to waste a few hours while looking as if we're doing something useful.

We've had great weather - cold nights with some frosts and warm sunny days.  The cows on the other side of the water have been calving all week so we have beed serenaded by the sounds of cows and calves calling each other.

We've had some nice drives around the area through the historic towns of Carcoar, Neville and Newbridge.