In need of water! We finally managed to leave lunchtime Friday 20th. Steve worked his socks off to get everything ready, bless him, and so at last we are back on the road.
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| The Gwyder in flood |
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| Camped right by the Gwyder |
So far it has been a bit of a 'find a camp site by the river' trip. We have camped by the Clarence, Gwydir and Darling (twice) rivers.
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| The water was fast & cold! |
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| The Copeland Dam |
We've had warm water and freezing water. Fast flowing and almost stagnate. Flooded camp sites but the Darling river was barely flowing. It has been very hot, up to 46 dgrs, and then cold at 21. But we are happy!!
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| Cooling off ... |
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| Chilling |
We found a great spot to stay over Christmas where we could canoe and swim, and where Steve could catch a fish or two!! A trip to the nearest National Park provided us with a lovely 6 k walk overlooking the Gorge. We had lamb and rosemary sausage casserole for Christmas lunch then Christmas Pud and 'stuff' for tea. Heaven!
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| Xmas day, cool enough for a climb. |
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| The view from the top. 'Captain Starlight' country |
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| First catch on Xmas day! |
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| Happy! |
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| Sunset camp on the Darling River |
We started Boxing Day off with a canoe and then Steve caught our dinner! It was hot from them on and we were fit for very little else but reading and snoozing😄
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| Fallen trees, shadows & reflections .... |
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| Sue paddling |
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Supper!
For those that have asked, we will be posting some details of the new 79 series Landcruiser camping setup soon, but so far it's working really well.
Hope you all had the best Xmas :) |
