The old cat "Mog" is ensconced in holiday camp and we have headed off for the first night to Rochester to catch up with our old friends Pete and Kerry. A leisurely drive via the Melba highway through Yarra Glen, Yea and a stop for gourmet pies at the Bakery, then via Murchison and Rushworth. The wind kept us company all day making the driving tiring so glad to stop at campground "Brookdale" Park
From there our trek will take us through Deniliquin and Hay with a stop in Hillston where we pick up the Kidman Way. We are not planning on spending much time at either place as we had visited them a few months ago on a previous trip - not saying there is nothing to see but.......we will have a look around Hillston as a "new" destination. We plan to take close to 5 hours to get there, pretty much what we hope to do daily unless we are going to stay longer at a location.
Before Hillston is the quaint town of Merriwagga - home of the Black Stump Hotel with the tallest bar in Australia - around 1.7m with bar stools to match. After a beer, a look at the memorial to the Pioneer Women of the area, heading north again and decided to spend the night at the Hillston roadside stop (has toilets) for the night. It is only about 2k from Hillston so with a shorter drive to Cobar tomorrow we will do our exploring in the morning.
Hillston is 110km from Griffith and where the "Lachlan meets the outback" according to the town blurb .
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| Parked at "Brookdale" park |
From there our trek will take us through Deniliquin and Hay with a stop in Hillston where we pick up the Kidman Way. We are not planning on spending much time at either place as we had visited them a few months ago on a previous trip - not saying there is nothing to see but.......we will have a look around Hillston as a "new" destination. We plan to take close to 5 hours to get there, pretty much what we hope to do daily unless we are going to stay longer at a location.
Before Hillston is the quaint town of Merriwagga - home of the Black Stump Hotel with the tallest bar in Australia - around 1.7m with bar stools to match. After a beer, a look at the memorial to the Pioneer Women of the area, heading north again and decided to spend the night at the Hillston roadside stop (has toilets) for the night. It is only about 2k from Hillston so with a shorter drive to Cobar tomorrow we will do our exploring in the morning.
Good to see that you are heading for the sunshine enjoy the trip will follow with baited breath
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