Heading West

After two nights at home we took off on Sunday with the Bushtracker and our four geriatric critters. It was a whirlwind of unpacking suitcases, washing, packing the van etc, all while suffering jetlag.

We drove towards Adelaide to join our next Aussie Road Crew tour with Beccy Cole and Libby O'Donovan. Our chosen route was via motorways towards Toowoomba, but we skirted around that city because there was likely to be heavy traffic as people visit the gardens on Sundays in spring. We followed Flagstone Creek Rd past farms in a fertile valley, eventually joining the A39.

Our first overnight stop was a free camp in Goodiwindi. This was in town but was full by 4pm when we arrived. There was space in a 2 hour parking spot so we stayed put. Next stop was a basic caravan park in Coonamble. At Walgett there is a primitive camping ground where we had lunch. With the drought the sign commanding all vehicles to keep off the grass seems redundant.

We stopped just outside Wilcannia revisiting a caravan park we stayed at in 2016. There is still an emu in a small fenced enclosure, but he looks healthy. We were told last time he wouldn't survive in the wild as he had been "rescued" as a chick. Large numbers of kangaroos come here to eat the green grass so there is roo poo everywhere.


Location: Kapunda, Australia

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