After weeks of preparation our van was fully packed and we were eager to be on the road this morning. It's just on twelve months since our last extended trip away into Northern and Western Queensland, but it seems much longer than that. We overcame the drudgery of driving south down the freeway for nearly 300 km's. We passed Kempsey with it's wonderful new bypass road completed earlier this year, before passing Taree and using the new bypass at Bulahdelah, then turning west at Hexham to travel through Maitland and Singleton. Tonight we are camping at Jerry's Plains Recreation Ground and there were two other vans when we arrived. It's in Camps7 #201.
Distance today 463 km's.
We often use the Golden Highway that runs from Newcastle through to Dubbo, because it gives us the most direct route across New South Wales, when travelling to South Australia and beyond. Heading further west on the Golden Highway we passed by many coal mining facilities and then through lovely countryside with horse breeding studs lining the road. We passed through Merriwa, Dunedoo and Mendooran which has a lovely free camp on the Castlereagh River. We stopped in Warren to empty our toilet cassette and top up our water tanks before spending the evening camped at Egan Weir on the outskirts of town. Its listed in the Wiki Camps mobile App and is on the Macquarie River. There are no facilities.
Distance today 370 km's.
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