Sydney to Wilcannia

2 April to 9 April
We departed Sydney on the 2nd April, starting a 5 month journey across Australia. Whilst this is a camping adventure we eased ourselves into the trip by having our first stop with friends in Molong. When in Molong a 'must visit' is the Gelato Factory, they export internationally but luckily they also run a cafe for locals to consume Gelato.

Nangar National Park

Next stop was Canowindra, camping over the Easter break with 18 friends. Gorgeous little town with old world sandstone buildings and home of the Age of Fishes museum. A chance finding by a road worker in the 1950's found Devonian fish fossils dating back  350million years.

We did manage a bush walk, all uphill, in the Nangar national park. It was a roughly marked track following the old boundary  fence along the ridge line. After a challenging walk it was a must to stop at the Eugowra Hotel on the way back to town.

Two mornings we had hot air balloons either taking off, or flying over our campsite. The sound of the gas igniting is extremely loud, especially at 6am and the balloons themselves are huge. I have no idea how they navigate or land where they are supposed to!

Canowindra main street

Canowindra was host to a vintage and antique car rally on Easter Sunday, so after speeding into Cowra Saturday night to see Cronulla win a football  game, we saw motoring at a slower pace.

When talking to the exhibitors, many had the same story of locating a rusted out shell of a car and spending the next 20 years slowly resorting it to grandeur. A real labour of love and a very patient wife required.




The days are starting to turn cooler and the nights are 10C, so many layers of clothing are required. After leaving Canowindra for Broken Hill we spent a night free camping about 60km outside Cobar, stopping next day in Wilcannia for Lunch.

Darling River Wilcannia

We found Wilcannia a friendly town with wonderful examples of old sandstone buildings from the days when paddle-steamers serviced those living on the river as far up as Bourke. Matron even gave us a tour of the old hospital built 1876.

The Darling River was in flood at 10.6M when we stopped for lunch, and was expected to peak at 11M later in the day. I expect the last step of the little park were we had lunch was under water by the end of the day.


Next stop Broken Hill and hopefully, flood dependent, Menindee lakes.