Camping days and the trek home

Enough soppy family stuff, we had a big day ahead and set off for on our 400+km trek to Ashford. We drove past ?? Dam which is the biggest Reservoir, Dam whatever I’ve ever seen. Well for now anyway. We sort of cut a sneaky back way through the Great Dividing Range it provided some diverse changes in landscape and we found this bloody big rock at the top of a mountain in NSW somewhere.

We went to the Western plains zoo today and saw many great animals it is quite a big place and two days would be better to see all the animals properly. It was quite hot so the pool got another good workout.

We stayed At Wells Creek Crossing a cool spot we stayed at on the way up. We went Canoeing and it was Jason’s first time solo.


He did a great job and got the hang of it really quickly.
It takes a bit longer to pack up with 4 of us and we struggled a little fitting everything in. We drove over 600km all the way to Dubbo, through Bingari which had a RV convention it was quite a sight. We stayed at the Dubbo Caravan Park which had a nice pool and playground for the kids. We were all happy to be able to have a real shower again.

An early rise as another big 500+km day awaited us. It was bloody hot and we drove on the Silver City highway towards Broken Hill before we turned off and headed back down along the Darling. This highway had the most road kill I have ever seen that and about 100 cattle trucks coming the other way was a good test for the nasal passage.We headed on some bush tracks to Wilga NP on the Darling and had our closest call with a two Kangaroos, but luckily no contact was made. We arrived late in the afternoon and set up camp. The heat did not let off at all and it was dam bloody hot. We went for a canoe and Kirsten had her first turn at canoeing.

Today was only a 200km drive to Menindee lakes and this time we camped at Burke & Wills camp ground. It is on the edge of Pamammaro lake which is currently letting out 4800mega litres a day into the darling and Murray courtesy of the Federal Government water buy back. Canoeing was quite tricky here. Thanks to Glenn’s Pizza Dough recipe we made some great Pizzas for tea.A better not forget to mention that Tina drove over two Brown snakes as well. They were not happy with her. Kirsten canoed by herself courtesy of a long rope and she really enjoyed it.
Another small drive today only 250km to Wentworth, we stayed at the Willow bend caravan park in an ensuite cabin. I’m not sure if the kids or we were more pleased about this luxury. We headed off to tea to the local services club. This was our last night with the kids and back to Adelaide the next day.

Off early again and back to Adelaide. We stopped off in some towns to pick up some local produce on the way home. It is surprising just our luxurious our caravan is.