Inland NSW

 It’s just over 1000 kilometers from the Victorian Border at Mulwala to Goondiwindi in Queensland via the Newal Highway. Our trek took us through some great country towns – from south to north - Narrandera, West Wyalong, Forbes, Parkes, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Narrabri, Moree, and Goondawindi.

My dish

We spent eight nights at various showgrounds, free camps and caravan parks.

Some of the highlights/lowlights of our trip north were:

• The big Dish at Parkes Observatory (highly recommended)

• We dodged the “bomb cyclone” that devastated the coast

Peak Hill Mine

• Walk trail through the now closed Peak Hill Gold mine.

• Met some nice folk – who will be heading west to WA

• After leaving the free camp near Dubbo we got 50 km down the road to Gilgandra and the Pajero automatic transmission over temperature warning light came on. These things always seem to happen on a Sunday – so back to Dubbo caravan park. Luckily a guy at the Park recommended a mechanic next door to the Park and he had us up and going again by late Monday. Turns out that the mechanic at the radiator place in Adelaide decided to bypass the radiator cooling line for the auto transmission which was fine until we hit strong head winds and hills. Don’t think he factored in us towing 2,800Kg of caravan?

• Since leaving Dubbo after the repairs, the car has been running great - up and down a lot of hills, so hopefully now (finally) all good.

Now in Queensland – our fourth state since leaving home in May. Looking forward to some warmer weather, catching up with family and boiled salted peanuts.

The video at the link is a mish mash of photos of our journey north. I am sure that we missed many things, but you will get an idea of how the trip went. Video is HERE