We have camped at Canowindra Showgrounds for two nights. Great facilities, low cost and a short walk into town. Canowindra is well worth exploring. The golf club is next door and has a restaurant.

We stopped here to visit the outstanding “Age of Fishes Museum” (AOF) however its historic Main Street, rural bushland landscape are picturesque and packed with friendly folk and information boards. Some cafe serve dual purpose, one was an art gallery another an emporium, plenty of diversity in this town. Plenty of antiques to peruse as well.

The AOF is just fascinating, there are interactive, visual and physical displays on the internationally famous Canowindra fish fossil site and its contents of 360 million year old fish and associated geologic and biogeographic history. Some fish, the Sarcopterygians are our distant cousins! The museum is a quality resource for schools, scientists and the general public.

If you like to learn more about the site watch the ABC series Australia: Time travellers guide series 2 of 4. The whole series can be found at this link.