We arrived at Liz and Paul's place where we enjoyed their great company and Liz cooked up two fantastic curries.....We spent the evening catching up and talking about our trips up north and what we plan on doing in the future....We said our good byes that night as they were both heading off to work the next morning and we were moving onto Kelly and Damian's...We pulled into Bruthen to go to the bakery for some bread and as we were heading back across to D...

The sites we got at the Mallacoota Foreshore Campgrounds were right on the waters edge and we had our own mooring for the boat and right near the boat ramp. Clive arrived with the boat, so after setting up the boat was put in the water and we went fishing.......Only one flathead was caught....The next day the weather was windy and rain but after lunch we decided to launch the boat around near Bucklands Boat Shed so we could fish in "The Narrows" and was protected...

Monday we headed up to the Blue Mountains and went and checked out the lookouts, stunning scenery. At the Three Sisters lookout, it was so busy, tourist everywhere. We were lucky to get DABUS into the closest carpark to the lookout and to top off our luck, the ticket machine we were near was spitting out tickets. So a bonus that we didn't even have to pay for the parking...We finished off the day at the Bull's Rest area at Woodford, were we saw a very act...

After checking out Gunneduh we drove onto Tamworth and found a free camp on the edge of town....We decided to head into Tamworth for a look around and lunch...We did a walk down Peel Street and finally found an electronic salt and pepper shaker that we had been looking for, for ages, as ours had died weeks ago....As we were in town we decided to lash out and grab some Chinese for lunch..So we drove up to the lookout which overlooks the town with spectacular view ...

Tuesday saw us back at the Lightning Ridge Artesian Bore Bath for another dip......The body feels so relaxed after a sitting in 42 degrees of hot water. We were expecting Alan's brother, Ray and his partner Rae up but we received a call on dusk that they wouldn't be with us until the following day.While waiting for Ray & Rae to arrive we got clothes resorted, cut firewood and back into town for another look around and another dip. Ray & Rae arrived just b...