Cudal - Young

137 km: We took of from Cudal approx 9.30am today our journey will take us through Canowindra, Cowra, Young, Cootamundra, Junee to Wagga Wagga where we will be staying the night. The journey took us over roads which we had aready taken, after Cowra we were on virgin territory, the roads were a little rough. The countryside was very dry with not a lot of feed for winter. Our first stop was Young which is a very pretty town with gardens etc. Did you know that Young is the Cherry Capital of Australia, they make cherry jam, wine, chutney, glace' cherries, dried cherries and so the list goes on....... Young is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and is the centre of Young Shire. At the 2011 census, Young had a population of 6,960.[1] Young is marketed as the Cherry Capital Of Australia and every year hosts the National Cherry Festival. Young is situated on the Olympic Highway and is approximately 2 hours drive from the Canberra area. Young is situated in a valley, with surrounding hills. The town is named after Sir John Young, the Governor of NSW during 1861-7.
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