Woke up about 6 am and had a quick coffee and shower before throwing the final stuff in to the fridge in the camper. I left home about 7 am and headed north to Nerang then west to Canungra and Beaudesert where I had a quick breakfast. Then it was south towards Rathdowney where all the traffic turned off towards Lake Maroon leaving me with a nice clear trip to Woodenbong.
From here I headed west towards the little town of Liston where there was a turn off to Undercliffe Falls which is where I was going to meet up with Shane. I found the Falls and Shane just before lunch time and we sat down for a chat and a drink before taking a quick look at the top of the Falls and then finding a nice little spot for a swim in the pools above the Falls.
From here I headed west towards the little town of Liston where there was a turn off to Undercliffe Falls which is where I was going to meet up with Shane. I found the Falls and Shane just before lunch time and we sat down for a chat and a drink before taking a quick look at the top of the Falls and then finding a nice little spot for a swim in the pools above the Falls.
We decided that we where going to stay the night so we shifted the cars to a quieter spot and had some lunch. While we were having a lazy afternoon reading there was a procession of locals using the swimming holes. For dinner on Australia Day I had cooked a roast lamb shoulder and some vegetables in the Cobb oven over a couple of hours.
We were sitting around the campfire after having just finished dinner when the rain started so we quickly packed up and headed to bed early in the nice dry campers. It didn't rain a lot over night but came in waves.
It was still overcast and misty in the morning so we quickly packed up and headed back to Liston and then continued on towards Tenterfield stopping off at Bald Rock and Boonoo Boonoo national parks on the way. Both had empty camping spots if we wanted to stay. At Boonoo Boonoo we walked around to see the waterfalls and then stopped in at the old mining site at Morgan's Gully.
On the way into Tenterfield we stopped off to have a look at the old Tank Traps and then Thunderbolt's Hideout. In Tenterfield we had lunch at one of the Bakeries and decided to head out to Torrington national park for a look. We ended up camping in the 3rd camp site at Torrington which was 4WD access only. There was one other camp site taken then and some late comers arrived after dark but it was very quiet and peaceful. As my knees were a bit sore after the morning walks so I spent the arvo reading while Shane went back and visited Ugly Falls for some photos. After dinner we sat around the fire for quite awhile while there was thunder and lightning all around us. Early on one of the local Wallabies came for a visit and was quite unafraid of us while we took some photos. After my last visit to Torrington where it poured with rain for several days I expected some overnight rain but it didn't eventuate and we woke up nice and dry.
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