Day 1: Sat 23 May 26 - Home to Molong

Sat 23 May 26 - Home to Molong (275km)

Cloudy and 6 Degrees in Canberra to partly cloudy and 20 Degrees in Molong.

Such a joy to be packing the van for another tour (not really - we hate the packing). It was a joy though to be finally leaving home at 1015 and heading north without any firm plans. I did my first bearing service on the caravan earlier in the week, and I was a bit concerned that I may have overtightened the bearings. I stopped and checked a few times on the way today, and all wheels were much hotter than usual at the first stop, but each stop after, they had eventually settled back to normal temperatures. Phew... We arrived in Boorowa just in time for lunch and coffee at the bakery, sitting outside on a cloudy but rather mild day for this time of year. The rest of our trip to Molong was nice and cruisy in the warm afternoon sun. Being a Saturday, there was very little traffic to contend with. The countryside is looking very green with lots of grazing stock and farmers preparing fields for their next crops. Our first night stay is at the Molong Showgrounds  with power and clean modern amenities, but no water. The place is looking a bit tired since we last stayed here a few years ago, but $20 per night is still a very reasonable fee to pay. A late afternoon walk around the golf course was followed by a very quiet first night on our trip north to the escape the Canberra winter. We had planned to do Central Australia with loop back through QLD this trip, but with the current fuel situation, we decided to head directly up to Gladstone to visit family for a couple of weeks, before deciding where we go from there. 

Boorowa Autumn Colours

Boorowa

Boorowa

Boorowa

Olli looking a little anxious at Canowindra

Rest Stop in Canowindra

Overnight stay at Molong - Olli outside enjoying the sunshine

Overnight stay at Molong

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Days 8-27 Sat 30 May - Thu 18 Jun 26 - Gladstone (New daily posts at the top of this page)

Image
Sat 30 May - Thu 18 Jun 26 - Gladstone & Rockhampton New daily posts added below. Thu 18  Jun:    17 to 24 Degrees, mostly clear with light easterly winds. I started the day with another long morning walk then took Mum to a GP appointment as a follow up to her surgery so I could join her while I'm still in town - needless to say, Dr Abi was thrilled to see Mum smiling and pain free again. With us leaving Gladstone tomorrow, I had a few more odd jobs to finish and appointments to schedule - in home Physio appointment Tue, GP review Wed and Orthopaedic post-surgery review in July. Meanwhile Noeleene was busy in the Greenhouse and Olli was running himself into the ground playing with Greg's dog 'Whiskey'. After lunch, school mate Barry and Helen dropped by Mum's for a visit for a couple of hours, and it was great to catch up. A few more farewells followed, then we had dinner with Mum before returning to the van, ready for bed. It's been a very busy day, and pre...
Read more

Day 50: Sat 11 Jul 26 - Dinosaur Creek to Cloncurry

Image
Sat 11 Jul  26 - Dinosaur Creek to Cloncurry (279km) 11 Deg overnight to 29 Degrees at Cloncurry, clear with light winds. It was very quiet last night and we had a very good sleep. After a slow start, we eventually pulled away from a wonderful overnight stay, and first stop was a little over 100km away at Kynuna. My only interest here was the Blue Heeler hotel, but the hotel didn't open till 11:00, and the grumpy old woman inside wasn't having anyone take a look inside any earlier, even though the 'ricketty old shack' was wide open. It didn't look that interesting anyway, so we continued on our way to our next stop McKinlay. The Walkabout Hotel at McKinlay, was a very different story to the Blue Heeler, buzzing with activity, and the lady behind the bar was very friendly. Noel and I had a soft drink on the front verandah, took a few photos then continued on our way to Cloncurry. The road today was very rough and bumpy for 2/3 of the way to McKinlay, then although a ...
Read more

Day 2: Sun 24 May 26 - Molong to Coonabarabran

Image
Sun 24 May 26 - Molong to Coonabarabran (276km) 10 Degrees and partly cloudy at Molong, to 20 Degree and partly cloudy at Coonabarabran.  A bit of a restless first night, but good to be travelling again. I took Olli for an early walk around the golf course, then after 30 minutes of ridding him of the sticky red dirt followed by breakfast, we set just after 09:00. Surprisingly for a  Sunday there was a lot of heavy transport on the road, but overall it was another cruisy day on the road. We had a short fuel stop at Wellington, then at Gilgandra we had a nice long lunch break at the information centre rest area, then continued to Coonabarabran. Our stopover for tonight is at the Coonabarabran Showgrounds with plenty of open space, a nice grassy site (without prickles) and sharing it with only 2 other vans. The powered site with water costing $25 for the night.  Lunch break at Gilgandra Lunch break at Gilgandra - The town of Windmills Lunch break at Gilgandra - The...
Read more