Orange

On Sunday we decided to take a look around Orange. It always baffled me that a place called Orange was where apples and cherries grew. Orange is known as the food basket of NSW, they celebrate F.O.O.D. week from 12th to 21st April where they have food & wine tastings throughout the area . Originally known as Blackman's Swamp 'Orange' was so named by Surveyor-General Thomas Mitchell in honour of the Prince of Orange, who later became the King of Holland. It is also the birth place of A.B."Banjo" Patterson, they have a monument near the Tourist Information Centre, downtown Orange. We also took some time out at Cook Park which is a beautiful park with plenty of seats so one can admire the extraordinary mix of trees, some coming from the Himalayas. We also visited the Botanic Gardens which was a open plan with dog parks, lake, and a lot of work has been done recently.