We had lovely weather at Moree every day was in the very high 20’s, as we travel further south I am sure it will not be as warm. Our next stop was Gulargambone a small country town that needs support, many of the shops and businesses are closed and the local community are trying very hard to brighten up the township to attract the travellers so the town will remain viable. Bernadette and Dave that own the local caravan park are great hosts with their happy hour each evening, with damper made in the camp oven. They also put on a roast Wednesday and Sunday nights for $12 a head, profits going to the Royal Flying Doctors, this winter season raising nearly $14,000, well done Bernadette and Dave. We had planned to stop for one night ended up staying for two, changing our plans once again so we could stay for the roast night and for a day trip out to the Warrumbungle National Park and the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia's largest optical telescope. The Observatory is located on the edge of the Warrumbungle National Park around 70 klms from Gulargambone. Some areas of the Siding Spring has restricted access to the public as it is an operational research facility. We were able to go up four floors to the top viewing platform in the Observatory where we could observe the giant telescope. I cheated by taking the lift, Baz is a little wary of lifts so he took the stairs, he was still complaining two days later of having sore legs.
Leaving the Siding Spring and the spectacular scenery of the National Park with its rugged peaks, we decided to explore a little further afield and ended up at Tooraweenah a tiny rural village where we had lunch at the pub, enjoying a lovely gourmet pizza before returning to Gulargambone.
Travelling a little under 400 klms from Gulargonbone to West Wyalong we only needed somewhere to stop for the night so ended up at the showgrounds, $20 for power and water with very new amenities.
On the road again the next day we were headed to Cobram, one of our regular stop over places along the Murray. Cobram is only about 3 hours from Melbourne so we can travel into Melbourne to catch the boat from there on Sunday. Today we went back over the Murray River to Tocumal market and also met up with Bridget and Don for morning tea at the Bushlands on the Murray Cafe. This weekend is very busy everywhere along the Murray as it is a Victorian long weekend also school holidays and of course it is also the AFL Grand Final weekend. We returned to the Willows Caravan Park in Cobram to spend the afternoon in the camp kitchen with fellow travellers to watch the Grand Final, a very one sided game with Richmond winning over GWS by 89 points.
Tomorrow brings the end of nearly 5 months away from home, we are so lucky that we are able to do what we do, spending Tassie Winters in the warmer states. We are already planning and looking forward to next May when we will again travel to the Big Island for more adventures.
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| Bullock Team at Gulargonbone |
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| Baz looking a litte Rustic |
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| Wheat Silo Gulargonbone |
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| Siding Spring Observatory |
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| At least it's not a broom stick |
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| Telescope in the Observatory |
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| Warrumbungle National Park |
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| Selfie |
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| Tooraweenah Pub |
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