Saturday morning I head down to the local Farmers Markets following the reccommendation yesterday.
It’s 8am and the local musician is just setting up. Held in the yard of St Mary’s Catholic Church on the main street you are greeted straight away by the wafting smell of sausages and sure enough, follow your nose and you will find local organic pork sausages from local producers Orminston Pork being served on Mudgee sourdough with organic rocket and homemade tomato relish. Venture a little further for Leaning Oak Goats Cheese, Sourdough by John Grant, Angela’s Edibles (delightful relishes and pastes), Mowats of Mudgee, Mudgee Made....the list goes on forever. A little further on I find my highlight ‘Gingle-Mil’, a unqiue little store owned by two local best-friends. These two girls came up the the idea to bring their wines to the markets in kegs and fill bottles on-site....brilliant!
I leave the markets 2 hours later feeling like a local from all the friends I’ve made.
As I reflect later that afternoon, I begin to realise that what I so attracted to in this little town isn’t so much just the actual products, services and experiences you can have in this little township, it’s the way that they provide them - all with a focus on local community, local produce and local harmony. You could easily come to Mudgee and just get all the goods, but what captures you the most is the atmosphere surrounding it. You feel like you live here, in this clean, charming and naturally stunning little town. I guess they have always been a town that is used to travellers and strangers, experiencing much of it’s growth in the gold rush and now with the Mines with many transit employees.
One thing is for sure, it doesn’t take long to feel at home.
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| local store 'ginglemil' looking fabulous at the markets! |
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