WE'VE got the Bathurst Bullet, so what should the second Bullet be called?
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Parade's dad reckons the new daily return train service to Sydney - which is set to start on Monday, September 16 - is ripe for a clever nickname and Parade tends to agree.
The only problem is that Parade's dad is not so sure what that clever nickname should be.
He says he remembers two train services to the Blue Mountains years ago that were called the "Fish" and "Chips" and hopes the city will eventually settle on something similarly evocative for the new daily Sydney service.
"Bathurst Bullet 2.0", though descriptive, does seem a tad unimaginative - and it's also a bit of a mouthful.
Parade will be watching with interest.
IN NEWS AROUND BATHURST:
All aboard the city's big red bus
PARADE is told Bathurst Combined Probus enjoyed an outing on Wednesday on the recently launched Bathurst Explorer Bus.
Members of the Bathurst Combined Probus club who had recently moved to the city, as well as others who had been living in the city for decades, learned many new facts about Bathurst.
Such as? That Bathurst once had a Chinatown.
Parade is told that Bathurst Explorer Bus owner Ian Redpath said many Probus groups from around Australia had come to Bathurst and, while here, enjoyed a trip or two on the Bathurst Explorer Bus, but this was the first time members from a local Probus club had experienced their own city the way a tourist would.
Parade enjoys seeing the distinctive red bus plying its trade around the city - it often trundles past while Parade is having his lunch break in the CBD - and is glad to hear it has some facts to surprise locals as well.
A peek behind the scenes at clinic
PARADE is told there will be a jumping castle and a fundraising barbecue (with money donated to a local charity) when Bathurst Central Animal Hospital in Rankin Street holds a clinic open day on Sunday from 11am to 2pm.
For those who don't know, Bathurst Central Animal Hospital was born earlier this year from the merger of the Durham Street Veterinary Clinic and Bathurst Veterinary Hospital.
Parade is told the open day will feature tours of the facilities and a chance to meet the team.
