We walked over to the Orange Land Rover Service Centre this morning to follow-up on a call earlier today and to explain what has been happening with the car when towing our caravan. We were a bit concerned to learn it could take until Tuesday before the issue could be investigated – not quite what we were earlier being led to believe but understandable with other vehicles already booked-in for a service. That said, we were equally concerned to learn we were not the first, or second tow-in today.

The deep blue sky and fresh country air at least was something to enjoy as was the very distinct autumn colours with leaves now starting to fall. We were told that autumn is a month late following a hot, dry spell with little rain. It should make for some good photographs over the next week or so as we wait for our car to be fixed.

A wander into town found us at the Bakehouse for a much needed coffee and breakfast, or rather brunch – another eatery highly recommended by us.

Also worth a visit is the Information Centre just behind Robertson Park. Not only for guides and activities in the area but also for its display on the history of Orange and artefacts from each of the agricultural eras from past to present.

White Goods in Orange?

We had no idea Electrolux had a manufacturing facility here in Orange and that it had been in operation since 1942. Originally a munitions factory during the Second World War it later produced many forms of white goods until just fridges remained in production right up to the plants closure in 2016. No surprise that production was moved to south-east Asia and its cheap labour.

Central Orange is an unusual place with many of the stores that have long since disappeared from Sydney’s streets. It also appears to cater well for those with a medical disposition – why so many chemists, and hair dressers too? It was a pleasure to see an immaculately presented traditional bookstore with such a good range of reads, very much a rarity these days. I always feel so guilty looking around, though, as pretty much every book I now read is an eBook. Why is the never an eBook section in these stores?

A slow wander along the back streets led us to another great find – Factory Espresso on Kite Street. We were dragged-in by the waft of freshly roasting coffee and it tasted good too.

Hopefully we’ll get to hear more about the car tomorrow but at least there are places we can explore while we’re waiting for some positive news. In the meantime we’ll just enjoy another outback sunset and a visit to the local pub.