Through The New England Tablelands

Monday was a fairly miserable damp sort of day and even though there is nothing worse than trying to pack up when everyone and everything is the same, there was no point in staying in the Warrumbungles whilst it was like that so off we went further north.  We hunted and gathered in Coonabarabran, gave The Turtle a nice long drink and even got caught up in a funeral procession - what a morning!!

Travelled through to Narrabri then took the turn off to Bingara.  Along the way, Team Turtle passed through the outskirts of  Mount Kaputar National Park.  It was still raining so we had to give our walk to Sawn Rocks a miss.  A very big shame as we had heard that they were very impressive.

Our planned overnight stopover was to be a place called Rocky Creek.  What we hadn't realised, until we arrived there, was that Rocky Creek was also an ancient Glacial Area.  Only one other family were there and we managed to find a great spot right on the cliff overlooking the creek.

Team Turtle's Dinner View

To help us dry out after the dampness of the day, The Captain found some twigs lying around and gave it his best attempt to start a nice warming fire.  With the assistance of a little accelerant, we had a lovely blaze going.  Unfortunately, we hadn't brought our camp oven with us on this trip and were unable to whip up a damper for dessert!  But, it was a great fire!!

Blazing Away

The following morning dawned bright and clear so we set off on an amble up (and down) the creek.  The boulders were fascinating and the water a little bit cool but we thoroughly enjoyed the couple hours that we spent there.

It Took A While To Look Like This!

We eventually stopped drooling over rocks and got moving once more.  Lunch break in Bingara, slipped through Inverell and pulled up at another little rest area called Swan Brook - halfway between Inverell and Glen Innes.  Nice but very, very cold!!  As we were headed towards Swan Brook we noticed that the storm clouds were gathering, getting very low and extremely dark - oops, we were in for a nasty storm!  Not to worry - the Turtle gods must have been looking after us as Team Turtle pulled into the rest area about five minutes after the storm - thank goodness for that!!

Another Storm Gathering Over Team Turtle

The Light Shining Thru The Clouds

And then it was Wednesday and the last leg of our latest little journey.  Completed a nice circle and it only took us seven weeks!

The best parts - The New Boat had her maiden voyage and The New Look Team Turtle behaved admirably.

Team Turtle has now settled back into its little pond at Coffs Harbour where it will attempt to regain some financial integrity before its next journey into the wilds of Australia.  When might this happen??  Who knows but you will be kept up to date!!