There had been some strange noises in the night. Luckily when we woke up we both realised that we had not been murdered. I stupidly decided to have a shower before we left. I might as well not have bothered. The amenities looked and felt scummy and I still felt dirty after my shower. I straight away felt like I needed to have another shower. There were no locks on the shower door but I managed to shut the door by pulling it tight. I only managed to get out by kic...

Check out time was noon which was good so we took our time this morning and had a lie in and leisurely breakfast. Just before noon we hit the road to continue with our inland loop and avoid the marauding Easter hordes. We had decided to stay at either Forbes or Parkes tonight and just chill out there for the day. We got to Forbes and decided to move on as there wasn't much there. A short while later we got to Parkes and with hindsight realised that we should have...

We decided not to have breakfast at the camp site as we didn't want to be stared at. We drove to the Orange Botanic Gardens and had breakfast in the car park there. After brekky we had a mooch around the gardens. We were watching the ducks go about their business placidly and quietly when a couple of obnoxious kids walked past. Their parents were quite a way ahead and didn't notice as the young lad, aged about 8, picked up a load of stones and hurled them at the ...

It had been a very cold night and such a difference from the hot and humid nights in Sydney. It had rained a tiny bit at first light but had stopped by the time we got up. The lake looked really serene and mystical this morning. There were lovely ripples on the water and there was a beautiful mist coming off the water. It was a great place to be and we would have stayed another night if we could. Unfortunately as it was Good Friday today they were fully booked ri...

We were sad to leave Sydney this morning as we've had such a good time here but we'll be back soon enough. We left the camp site just before 10 with the intention of driving as far as Orange. Tom Tom stated that it should take three and a half hours. Our plan over Easter was to do an inland loop around the Orange area and then head back to Sydney via the Blue Mountains after all the Easter business and mayhem is over. The traffic coming out of Sydney was very ver...