We are slowly moving north, about 150 – 200km each time. We travelled through Eden and up over Brown Mountain to Cooma – that really tested the bus! It snowed on us (just a little) at Cooma, then on to Goulburn, Bathhurst, Mudgee, Dunnedoo, Gilgandra and tonight we are at Narrabri. It has been overcast, windy and today it’s rained most of the day but nowhere near the rain that they’ve had on the coast.
We stayed 3 days at Bathhurst and had a drive round the race track and a look at the National Motor Racing Museum. Also 3 nights in Mudgee and went to the Henry Lawson Festival in Gulgong were they had a street parade etc and also there is an excellent pioneer museum – best I’ve seen. The highlight of the parade was an early ‘70’s Ford Falcon breaking down and being towed up the hill by a 1920’s Dodge ute.
We stayed in a little town called Tooraweenah last night – used to be the murder capital of Australia – 5 in 12 months but that was quite a long time ago I think. Allen met an emu walking down the main street at about 7.30am.
After problems with Lucas, Prince of Darkness, we have a new gremlim – Il-Lumina, Demoness of Unwanted Light. The headlights are turning on unexpectedly – even when parked in the middle of the night! So we have faulty switch that needs sorting.
We are still heading for Casino in north east NSW but we’re taking our time hoping the weather will improve by the time we get there.
