September 11:
After weeks of preparation, our van was fully packed, and we were eager to hit the road this morning. It's just under twelve months since our last extended trip away into Northern and Western Queensland, but it feels much longer than that. We overcame the monotony of driving south along the freeway for nearly 300 km. We passed Kempsey with its wonderful new bypass road completed earlier this year, then moved past Taree and used the new bypass at Bulahdelah, before turning west at Hexham to travel through Maitland and Singleton. Tonight, we are camping at Jerry's Plains Recreation Ground, where we found two other vans upon arrival. It's listed in Camps7 #201.
Distance today: 463 km.
We often take the Golden Highway from Newcastle to Dubbo because it offers the most direct route across New South Wales when travelling to South Australia and beyond. Further west on the Golden Highway, we passed many coal mining facilities and then traversed beautiful countryside with horse breeding studs lining the road. We drove 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 camping at Egan Weir on the outskirts of town. It is listed in the Wiki Camps mobile app and is situated on the Macquarie River. There are no facilities. Distance today: 370 km.
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