Pilliga/Moree

We had four very pleasant nights at Gulargambone, many hours we sat around the communal campfire solving the problems of the world and enjoying the hospitality of  Dave & Bernadette. The local town ladies that hosted the Biggest Morning Tea informed us they made $1200 and were very thankful that the Caravan Park campers were big contributors.

When we arrived at the Pilliga Bore Baths the day was fine and the camp area was dry underfoot until early evening when a fine drizzle started and then we had constant steady rain all night. We had very disturbed sleep that night as we were concerned about getting out from where we had parked, as the ground was black dirt that turns into sticky boggy mud. Luckily we had the front tyres of the vehicle on the red gravel and the ground underneath was dry and selecting 4wd we made it out with only the caravan having a bit of a slip and slide. It then only left the slushy red dirt track to negotiate back to the black top. We were able to get an under body wash as we headed towards Wee Waa as there was plenty of water laying in the low areas of the road, we were lucky enough to end up pretty clean. We stopped after few klms to put our shoes and socks on as we had to get to the car in our crocs that had six inches of black mud stuck to them then sticking them in a plastic bag to deal with later on.

We are now at one of our favorite locations the Gwydir Caravan Park  & Thermal Pools at Moree, looks like we will be here for about 10 days as we want to be here when Maree and Brian arrive later in the week.We have once again been lucky to get a good large site, many here are very tight. We go over to the Thermal Pools twice a day spending most of our time in the 39 degree pool then cooling off in the 37 degree pool, haven't bothered to get into the cooler ones. The last couple of days we have had lovely blue skies again, unfortunately not all that warm only around 15 degrees. This morning we had a 1 degree morning with the awning of the caravan frozen solid didn't take long once the sun was on it for it to thaw and start dripping. Looks like another cold one tonight suppose to get down to zero overnight!!!!!!  We enjoyed a great roast tonight, I only had to do the vegetables as the local butcher here in Moree will cook your meat for you if you order it in the morning to collect later in the day. Way too easy, love it!

Sharing the Long Paddock

Moree Thermal Pool