Heading for Melbourne

 

Oxley Recreation Park

Leaving Forbes, we had Melbourne in our sites, and camped the night at the Oxley Recreation Reserve, an area setup for horses but they welcome campers for $10.00 per night. There were cattle in the main camping ground, so we gained permission to camp in small yard around the clubrooms of the pony club.

Ashley Gardens – Melbourne

We were booked into Ashley Gardens Caravan Park for 2 nights so we could visit the Queen Victoria Market and have a look around the city before heading home on Saturday night.

There are several large drive through sites for large rigs.

Our 2013 trip has been quickly added to the blog. Updates and photos will be added soon.

 

 

 

 

 

The blog makes it easy to keep a record of our travels before we forget.

 

 

Heading to Forbes

Leaving Tamworth, heading for Forbes we spent a night at the Eumungerie Recreation Reserve, a large area with some powered sites just 2km off the Newell Hwy so there was no road noise. Wheogo Park is a fabulous free camp within 5mins from city centre and we spent 2 nights here.

Forbes also has McFeeters Motor Museum, a must see if you are into cars at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tamworth

Left Port Macquarie heading for Tamworth

 

Tea towel that inspired my Facebook profile picture

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Austin Tourist Park Tamworth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie

A fleeting visit to Coffs Harbour, checked out the Big Banana, spent the night at the local rugby ground at 65 Stadium Drive (I think it no longer allows overnight camping) on the way to Port Macquarie for a couple of nights. Dianne loves to come here and stay at the Sundowner Breakwall Tourist Park, which is only walking distance to the town centre.

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Kingscliff

Dianne wanted to see the ocean so we spent a couple of days resting up at the Kingscliff North Holiday Park.

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Toowoomba

We spent a couple of nights at the Toowoomba showgrounds.

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Neil Turner Weir, Mitchell and Judds Lagoon, Yuleba

Leaving Charleville we headed to Mitchell and spent the night at the Neil Turner Weir, a great little spot just out of town.

The next night we camped at Judds Lagoon near Yuleba before heading to Toowoomba.

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Charleville Bush Caravan Park

The Charleville Bush Caravan Park is a caravan Park that is unlike any other caravan park, check it out

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Meadow Glen Rest Area and Mitchell Caravan Park, Bourke

Leaving Broken Hill we passed through Wilcannia, which is looking very worse for wear. We did have a quick drive around looking for fuel. It would have been nice to have a good look about but didn’t feel comfortable so just headed towards Cobar.

 

We stopped for the night at Meadow Glen Rest Area, approxiamately 60km west of Cobar. It was a small area just off the road sheltered amongst the trees. There was no noticeable road noise from the traffic and plenty of room without being on top of other campers.

A quick look around Cobar and onto Bourke and the Mitchell Caravan Park

 

 

 

 

 

Broken Hill and Silverton

On the way to Broken Hill from Mildura, we stopped off to see the Junction of the Murray and Darling rivers at Wentworth.

We chose St. Pats Racecourse Campground on the outskirts of Broken Hill as we camp unpowered as much as possible. So far, so good as our solar panels are having no trouble keeping the batteries charged.

Check out the Sulphide St. Railway Historical Museum, a fantastic museum to keep you occupied for quite a while.

Off to Silverton to check out the sites. The Mad Max Museum is a must, but the Silverton Gaol Museum is better. We didn’t stop at the local pub and now regret the fact that we missed one of the towns historical icons.