Got up at about 6 am , showered and finished packing, leaving home about 7 am. Headed down the highway and had an easy drive to Grafton where I turned off to Ebor where I had morning tea and then onto Armidale and Tamworth. Getting out of the car at Tamworth for lunch at Maccas was like opening an oven, it must have been around 40 deg C.
From Tamworth I head south west through Premer before turning south on the Black Stump Way. Lots of storms around with some pretty strong winds which had brought down a tree across the road but I could sneak past it on the edge. Around Coolah I ran into some very heavy rain and with the wipers going full blast I had to slow down to about 40 kph on the highway. Once the rain and lightning disappeared I had to pull off the road to let a huge bit of mining equipment go past. It was towed by 4 or 5 prime movers and pushed by another two.
Around 6'ish I decided to stop for the night at Gulgong caravan park as I was starting to feel a little weary. Nice little place and seems quiet. Had about an hour of rain and lightning after I went to bed, very relaxing hearing the rain on the roof of the camper. All up about 750 kms today.
Slept in a little and had a shower before leaving around 7:30 am, nothing open in Gulgong for brekkie so I headed off to Mudgee. Got there around 8 and had a walk around, then coffee and brekkie, refuelled Blute. Then headed south towards Bathurst stopping in at Windsmere Dam along the way to have a look.
When I got to Bathurst I thought I would go and have a look at the motor racing track but when I got close to it I realised from the traffic they were having some sort of event there so I turned around and went for an early lunch at Maccas.
Then it was a pleasant little drive south to Oberon where I checked into the caravan park and then went exploring around Lake Oberon and Oberon Dam. Not a lot to see so headed back to the caravan park for a restful afternoon until the others came back from the Jenolan caves.
Chatted and caught up with everyone else for awhile before we headed for a walk to town for dinner at the Thai place. Came back to camp and chatted for awhile before heading to bed as it had cooled down a bit. All up about 230 km today, with Blute averaging around 12.7 l/100 km on the trip down.
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