What to do on another day in Mudgee? I know go for a bike ride! We set off on our ebikes and by following the shared path found ourselves across the river at the Glen Willow Regional Sports Complex. This amazing sports complex has ovals, courts, grandstands, amenities blocks etc and covers a huge area. It looks relatively new and we guessed that Mudgee must have received a large grant to make it all possible. I think every outdoor sport was catered for in the huge complex.

Back at camp we both had a read of our books. It was a relaxing day.

Late in the afternoon we went for another ride on our ebikes, this time up and around the CBD. Mudgee has some lovely old buildings. I found a few shops with gorgeous leadlight windows.

We stopped for ice-cream at the ice-cream shop on the corner of Church and Mortimer Streets and sat at an outside table to eat it while people watching.

On the way back to camp we took the shared path through the gorgeous, and very well maintained, Lawson Park which runs alongside the Cudgegong River. There is a sculpture trail along the shared path with some very quirky sculptures. As we were riding along all of a sudden I was swooped by a Magpie. The stupid bird came in for the attack multiple times and I pedalled really fast to get out of its territory. I felt it hit my helmet about three times. How come it didn’t attack Richard’s bright green helmet? Mine’s a boring old white one!

Later we glammed up and walked back into town to have dinner at Kelly’s Irish Pub. This is a great pub and we really enjoyed our meals washed down with a pint.

On the walk back after dinner we saw a sculpture of a woman near the Town Hall and wondered who she was. Turns out she’s Henry Lawson’s mother. Louisa Lawson was born in Mudgee in 1848 and was a publisher, poet, inventor, and mentor as well as Henry’s mother. She was one of Australia’s early suffragettes and worked tirelessly for women’s rights. Louisa died in Sydney in 1920.