DANGARS GORGE - OXLEY WILD RIVERS NATIONAL PARK Our detour lead us to be able to experience this fantastic 120m waterfall in Dangars Gorge, which is approx 20 km SE of Armidale. With wheelchair access to the viewing platform a short roll from the car park, it is really well catered for the drive by thermos goer, to the various lengths and intense, hiking enthusiasts. We spent a couple of hours here, walking to the top of the falls, around the rim of the gorge an...

NARRABRI-ARMIDALE "The rains are coming Marge!" We were sauntering along the Newell on route to visit friends on a property at Bingara, an hour east of Narrabri, blissfully unaware of why the highway seemed so quiet. Little did we know until we arrived in Narrabri, that they were expected to be flooded in within 24hrs and that the majority of major roads had been closed due to the water heading south and west from Moree, and north and west from Tamworth! It was ...

PARKES - DUBBO - THE PILLIGA We woke this morning to beautiful sunshine, Yipee! Cos today we had a desire to visit the Dubbo Zoo. As we readied ourselves, we realized the practicalities of how we had packed Clive to get us on the road, weren't so user friendly. Where are the clean undies?? And yep, the towels are WAY up the back there behind all that other stuff that took half a day to figure out where it would fit! (Kerry isn't as keen on the game Tetris as I a...

ALBURY - PARKES It absolutely bucketed down today, so we decided to keep driving, clocking up 700km from Albury to Parkes. Admittedly, some of that was trying to get out of the 'Bermuda Triangle' that was Holbrook, eventually we got our driver and navigator roles sorted - ditched the GPS, and made our way toward Wagga along the Olympic Hwy, then across to Narrandera and up the Newell Hwy to Parkes.

WAHOO! We are FINALLY ready to make tracks, and once again we are following the social route out. The plan for today (of which there isn't really one as it changes hour by hour) was to tidy up a few loose ends, have a cuppa with Mum, enjoy our last coffee ever ( yes Kerry, you did say LAST EVER - and it is in writing now!) at the 'bead cafe', as it's affectionately known, opposite the Wang train station. Fresh homemade sourdough bagels, bread and focaccias with ...