Tuesday we left Moree not knowing where we would stop for the night as more rain had been forecast for Central Western NSW and more flooding predicted. As we are on the boat Sunday wanted to make sure we got through before they closed the Newell Hwy.
Mid afternoon we called it a day and spent the night at Peak Hill Caravan Park, a great little park for an overnight stop with drive through sites and Leighton pops around about 4pm with a scone jam and cream that Pauline has kindly cooked and shares
with the travellers. Would have loved to have had another day there as there is quiet a bit of history to this old gold mining town, and one of the best antique shops.
Wednesday we were on the road by 7.45am a shock to Baz as we don't usually get on the road that early, there had been rain again overnight so after checking Live Traffic we thought it best to try and out run the rising rivers before they closed the Newell
then we would have had to do a major detour. We encounted klms of water across the road in numerous locations especially north of West Wyalong to south of Forbes in the worse effected crossings there would be an escort vehicle to follow making
sure you kept to the highest part of the road. One time when we negotiating one of these crossings the vehicle that was in front of us moved to the right about a metre and we saw the rear of the caravan he was towing drop down in a deep pot hole where
the road had been washed away, we made sure we didn't following in his tracks. Further down the Newell south of Narrandera we had to detour for a few klms because that section of the Newell was closed, we were lucky to get through as a couple of hours
later they had closed the road to vehicles towing trailers and caravans, also small vehicles, only allowing trucks and four wheel drives through.
After a couple of long days on the road we made it to Cobram where once again we stayed at the Willows Caravan Park, a quiet little park that does not get effected by the school holidays also he does not increased his prices, some parks are getting beyond
a joke with price hikes over the school holidays. While we were in Cobram we caught up with our friends Bridget and Don whom we had met when we first started travelling to the mainland in our caravan. We went to the Rich Glen Olive farm to replenish
our supply of their beautiful flavoured olive oils where we sampled their many varieties of products that they now produce, they have also expanded their cafe and eatery which is a very popular destination.
As we were a couple of days ahead of schedule we thought we may as well go down into Melbourne and have a little retail therapy before heading home, we booked into the Dandenong Big 4 as that is handy to the DFO also good for picking up the M1 taking
us straight into Port Melbourne and the ferry terminal. It just happened that our friends Judy and Merv were also staying there along with Alison and Rob who we know from bowls, as both couples tow a Jayco this is a handy park to the Jayco factory
that is located just down the road. Saturday night we went to the Dandenong Club with Judy, Merv and their family the football game between the Bulldogs and GWS was being shown on a big screen the atmosphere was certainly intense with it being a close
game and majority there barracking for the Bulldogs.
Sunday we caught the Sprit back to Tassie ending another eventful trip.
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| One of many water crossings as we travelled the Newell Hwy |
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| Waiting for the Spirit with Judy and Me |
