The Sculptures down the Lachlan is an initiative of the Forbes Art Society. It has been proudly funded by the NSW Government’s Restart NSW Program through the Regional Growth, Environment and Tourism Development Fund, Forbes Art Society, Forbes Shire Council, Lachlan Shire Council and Evolution Mining. The sculptures are placed in the bush along the 100km stretch of the Lachlan Valley Way between Forbes and Condobolin.

We started our journey from the Condobolin end after a great nights sleep camped at Gum Bend Lake. We were very happy to make a donation for this fabulous spot. There is a donation box on a post near the rubbish bins. I hope other campers make donations too. It is so well maintained and there’s room for lots of RV’s. It’s a credit to the council to provide such a great facility for travellers. I’m glad we spent over $100 at the local supermarket.

Each of the 13 sculptures along the road are well signposted and at each of them is a gravel area for vehicles to park. At the entry to each pathway to the sculpture is a concrete post with a plaque that tells the story of the sculpture.

Some of the sculptures are huge, some small, some are quirky, some are thought provoking and some are just for fun. I’ll let you be the judge.

We finished the sculpture trail in Forbes. Within the township there are 12 more sculptures but we would save them for another time as we needed to continue our journey.

We stopped off at Wheogo Park, a favourite spot of ours as you can usually park with a view of Lake Forbes. It is a free camp provided by the council and we have stayed overnight there many times. We managed to find a lovely spot with a view of the lake from our dinette. Perfect!

Our destination for the day was Molong where some of Richard’s cousins live and we would catch up with them and others as they arrive for the family funeral the next day.

We had a leisurely drive via Eugowra and Cudal through rolling green hills. I always forget how hilly it is in that area. We made good time and arrived in Molong around 4pm. We’ve found the roads very full of pot holes due to the floods 12 months ago however we came across lots of roadworks where these are being repaired.