Will Too: Willmot

Before I start, this is a mini-announcement that this Sunday will be an Anniversary Special. Every year for this blog's August anniversary I've done something a bit different to my usual content. Year 1 was the Carlingford Line Extravaganza Bonanza, Year 2 was my video deep dive on Blacktown - "The Greatest Day Trip Out of Sydney", and for Year 3, I let you choose where to send me. So what's Year 4? Come back on Sunday to find out.

Now, after a big few weeks, it's time to finally wrap up the lands north of Mount Druitt. As such, the last Outer Western piece for now is

Willmot

After finishing off Ropes Crossing, neighbouring Willmot was the next stop. I kicked things off on this entirely normal suburban street, 

in front of the local shops. Like many of the other local shops in the area, Willmot's aren't the flashiest, with the standard combo of bottleshop, grocery and takeaway, 

although we do have the special addition of a donut shop too. Sadly, WS Donuts opens a total of 7 hours a week, and I was not here for one of those hours. Next time. 

Heading on past the shops, 

I came across one of Blacktown's famous numbered pathways (this one sadly defiled), 

and some houses with some fine knick-knacks outside.

For instance, please enjoy this dodo and tiny horse. 

Another repeated theme for this part of Sydney are the wonderfully silly roofs. Here's a needlessly pointy one, 

and here are two Pizza Hut ones. 

From here, I took down another defiled Blacktown pathway

(8119 maybe),

by some lush lands,

including this big pineapple,

and another pointy house,

to reach some public space. 

While this is a nice and wide bit of open space, 

the grass has reached look-out-for-snakes levels of tall, which is a bit of a worry for somewhere with a kids playground plonked in the middle. 

Nice trees though. 

It turns out that this is the logically named Willmot Reserve, although somebody really doesn't want you to know this fact. 

Leaving the reserve, 

I headed past the also-pointy-roofed community centre, 

complete with herb garden,

as well as a daycare, 

in order to reach the shops I started off at. 

Ready to mark Willmot as "completed", this seemed as good a spot as any to call it a day.

Willmot: For haters of council signposts.