[iceman (Mike)]

Google maps suggests either:
1) via the Great Western Highway, through Bathurst, Orange and then Parkes.
2) via the Golden Hwy, through Dubbo then Parkes.

I'm on the Central Coast, halfway between Sydney and Newcastle.

Google reckons option 1 is 6 hrs 1 min, and option 2 is 6 hours 47 minutes.

Anyway have any experience to settle it for me?