Tour Australia

This week we’ve traveled west from Sydney over the Blue Mountains and then headed north west through Mudgee to the Warrumbungles. From there we went up to Pilliga, across to Narrabri and then up to Carnarvon National Park.

Our start wasn’t without problems, we had some tow bar issues after we changed tow bars to a lower drop. The tow hitch on the caravan could not drop down on the ball properly as the base of the ball was stopping it. We ended up removing the ball from our original tow bar and putting it onto the lower drop tow bar. We then discovered that we had an issue with our caravans gas. After dropping into my father we quickly worked out it was the gas regulator. He kindly gave us the one from his caravan and we went on our way.

It took us two half days to get to Coonabarabran and we arrived just after lunch time to the Warrumbungles National Park. It was only 5 degrees and stayed that way all day so it was pretty cold. We did the Burbie Canyon loop walk which was around 4kms. It was an easy walk but went through a nice canyon with a flowing creek and a view of Split Rock towards the end.

Later that afternoon we also did the Belougerie Flats Trail which sets off from one of the campgrounds and does a big loop. It was another easy walk, around 5km in length and had nice views overlooking the fields and the surrounding hills.

The next day we did the Breadknife and Grand High Tops walk. This is a spectacular walk that takes you up to the Breadknife rock, walking alongside it you then head up nearby to the Belougery Spire and finally up over the back of the Breadknife with views looking down over it. From there we opted to do the Dadga Shortcut and back to the carpark. It was bitterly cold up at the Grand High Tops lookout due to the icy wind but it was well worth the walk. In total we walked 12.5km.