Welcome bmtlg5. If you go up the Putty Road there is a good camp at Grey Gums - before you get to Singleton. Merriwa is a good little town to visit. Depending which month you are going through they have a Festival of the Fleeces. If you are going the other way, over the mountains, call in at Molong and then go via the small villages of Cumnock and Yeoval to see some 'real' (small) Central West towns. It's Banjo Paterson country.