Finally departed Beaumaris lunch time on Monday 12th April 2010 heading for Narooma to check on our off the plan unit purchase now in its fourth year. First overnight stop on the banks of the Tambo River at Bruthen. No new friends so moved on to Pambula where wE purchased furniture for Narooma and caught up with Angela Warner.
Stayed a week at Narooma inspected unit which has not progressed much since the builder went broke in November but at least things are happening and estimated completion is now end of June with settlement in late July or early August. We played one game of golf with hired clubs, not fun, and boosted the Narooma economy by eating out.
From Narooma we headed to Sydney and caught up with brother Don & Fee and Alan and Marie stocked up the van and hit the road on Monday 26th April through the Blue Mountains on the Mitchell Highway to first stop and first camp fire on the banks of the Burrendong Dam just south of Wellington.
Next day headed into Dubbo to buy a new mobile phone as mine decided to die and then continued up to 100 kms south of Bourke where we camped on the side of the road in a rest stop. The few road trains that did pass during the night sounded like landing Boeing 747s but we managed a reasonable night’s sleep and headed on through Bourke to Cunnamulla and to our next camp which was on Nardoo station a 50000 hectare working station 40 kms north of Cunnamulla. Here we met some new best friends Mac & Jenny, Brian & Pat and lone traveller Terry around the camp fire where they convinced us to stay a second day. Brian has taught Pat how to cook his version of Damper in the camp oven, so we would be well prepared for our journey across the desert.
From Nardoo we travelled to Charleville stocked up on a few extra necessities and headed to Quilpie and met up Hutchisons Tolmers and Gay and Karl all be it a day earlier and a town before we had planned to meet. We camped out of Quilpie on the banks of Lake Houdraman an extremely pretty small lake with water lilies around the edges and heaps of bird life.
Next day we all moved on to Windorah for final preparations for the trip out to Monkira Station where Karl had arranged with the managers for us to camp on the banks of a waterhole which in the past has provided him with great fishing. Unfortunately upon checking with the information centre at Windorah not only was the road closed but they had lost contact with the Station. Never the less next day we headed off on the basis that should we not be able to get into the water hole we could divert to Birdsville, or come back to Windorah.
The road was good and we made good time to Mokira however upon arriving at the waterhole we could not gain access as they had had so much water the edges of the waterhole were inaccessible. We decided to camp the night and check the road conditions to Bedourie and Boulia as the Diamantina crossed the road a few kms up the road. Fortunately the managers arrived and advised that the road was passable and we travelled through to Boulia.
It is now the 4th May and we have decided to stay an extra day in Boulia and head back into the Diamantina National Park where the road has just been opened and we have been guaranteed good fishing and some red claw.
Next update will be in Alice Springs
Stayed a week at Narooma inspected unit which has not progressed much since the builder went broke in November but at least things are happening and estimated completion is now end of June with settlement in late July or early August. We played one game of golf with hired clubs, not fun, and boosted the Narooma economy by eating out.
From Narooma we headed to Sydney and caught up with brother Don & Fee and Alan and Marie stocked up the van and hit the road on Monday 26th April through the Blue Mountains on the Mitchell Highway to first stop and first camp fire on the banks of the Burrendong Dam just south of Wellington.
Next day headed into Dubbo to buy a new mobile phone as mine decided to die and then continued up to 100 kms south of Bourke where we camped on the side of the road in a rest stop. The few road trains that did pass during the night sounded like landing Boeing 747s but we managed a reasonable night’s sleep and headed on through Bourke to Cunnamulla and to our next camp which was on Nardoo station a 50000 hectare working station 40 kms north of Cunnamulla. Here we met some new best friends Mac & Jenny, Brian & Pat and lone traveller Terry around the camp fire where they convinced us to stay a second day. Brian has taught Pat how to cook his version of Damper in the camp oven, so we would be well prepared for our journey across the desert.
From Nardoo we travelled to Charleville stocked up on a few extra necessities and headed to Quilpie and met up Hutchisons Tolmers and Gay and Karl all be it a day earlier and a town before we had planned to meet. We camped out of Quilpie on the banks of Lake Houdraman an extremely pretty small lake with water lilies around the edges and heaps of bird life.
Next day we all moved on to Windorah for final preparations for the trip out to Monkira Station where Karl had arranged with the managers for us to camp on the banks of a waterhole which in the past has provided him with great fishing. Unfortunately upon checking with the information centre at Windorah not only was the road closed but they had lost contact with the Station. Never the less next day we headed off on the basis that should we not be able to get into the water hole we could divert to Birdsville, or come back to Windorah.
The road was good and we made good time to Mokira however upon arriving at the waterhole we could not gain access as they had had so much water the edges of the waterhole were inaccessible. We decided to camp the night and check the road conditions to Bedourie and Boulia as the Diamantina crossed the road a few kms up the road. Fortunately the managers arrived and advised that the road was passable and we travelled through to Boulia.
It is now the 4th May and we have decided to stay an extra day in Boulia and head back into the Diamantina National Park where the road has just been opened and we have been guaranteed good fishing and some red claw.
Next update will be in Alice Springs
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