Day 5 Gilgandra to Parkes
Great camp spot beside the pub - Royal Hotel in Gilgandra
Only one other person there
Sun shining for our departure
The grand Royal Hotel
Before leaving Gilgandra we drove down to the Castlereagh river to check it out
Pretty wildflowers on the banks
Water flowing fast
Planter pots down by the river for beautification
Just spotted this as we were leaving the riverfront.
Sun shining for our departure
The grand Royal Hotel
Before leaving Gilgandra we drove down to the Castlereagh river to check it out
Pretty wildflowers on the banks
Water flowing fast
Planter pots down by the river for beautification
Just spotted this as we were leaving the riverfront.
Looks like there is a project to build a pedestrian throughway from the Main Street
Gilgandra Main Street
More beautification of the town
Our destination - Dubbo for a GVM upgrade check
Over the river…
On to Newell Highway
Beautiful drive - sun shining, yellow flowers along the road side and good road
Talbragar River
Hannaford Tyre and Suspension premises in Dubbo
This is where we had to take the car for its 1500 km GVM upgrade check. We had to unhitch the van in the car park so that they could do the check on the car.
and on to Parkes
Continuing on the safe Newell Highway
Workmen on the road fixing patches
Took this photo to send to Quentin my Physio
This is the turn off where we would have come out had we been able to continue further on the other road
Another turn off where we may have been able to come out in from the other road
A cute church that we passed when driving through Peak Hill
Just as well we didn’t plan to go here!!!!
More bright yellow Canola fields
Busy road with trucks overtaking trucks!!!!
Finally we reached Parkes
Drove through Parkes to reach our night's camp spot
Beautiful trees lining the Main Street
Out on to the Newell Highway again the other side of town
and before long we were at the entrance gate where we camped the night
Gilgandra Main Street
More beautification of the town
Our destination - Dubbo for a GVM upgrade check
Over the river…
On to Newell Highway
Beautiful drive - sun shining, yellow flowers along the road side and good road
Talbragar River
Hannaford Tyre and Suspension premises in Dubbo
This is where we had to take the car for its 1500 km GVM upgrade check. We had to unhitch the van in the car park so that they could do the check on the car.
We waited inside in comfy chairs whilst they did the check and Bill went over to get coffees. We enjoyed more of Jill’s banana and walnut bread to have with the coffee
On the road again
Over the Macquarie river
On the Mitchell Highway towards Narromine
Good road
More pretty flowers beside the road
On the way into Narromine
Then onto Parkes via Tullamore
On the road again
Over the Macquarie river
On the Mitchell Highway towards Narromine
Good road
More pretty flowers beside the road
On the way into Narromine
Then onto Parkes via Tullamore
At least - that was our plan
Going to Tullamore via The McGrane Way
We came across this sign but believed it to be old as a lot of the water over roads had been receding. We checked the NSW flood warning map and it didn’t indicate that this was a problem, so we continued on
There was lots of water around
More Canola fields
Water over the road
Going to Tullamore via The McGrane Way
We came across this sign but believed it to be old as a lot of the water over roads had been receding. We checked the NSW flood warning map and it didn’t indicate that this was a problem, so we continued on
There was lots of water around
More Canola fields
Water over the road
but only very shallow depth
No problem going through
More water but again - very shallow
Good road where not flooded
Discovered the water splashing at the side created this pretty rainbow
Some of the water over the road was muddy, evidence that it was subsiding
Lots of water beside the road
More water
Nice sunny day and fortunately no rain on the way
Came to an area where there had obviously been road maintenance
We then came to a section where there appeared to be more water over the road than previously so Bill got out and walked through it to check it out
It got deeper
And deeper
So it was at this point we realised we needed to turn around and go back !!!!
No problem going through
More water but again - very shallow
Good road where not flooded
Discovered the water splashing at the side created this pretty rainbow
Some of the water over the road was muddy, evidence that it was subsiding
Lots of water beside the road
More water
Nice sunny day and fortunately no rain on the way
Came to an area where there had obviously been road maintenance
We then came to a section where there appeared to be more water over the road than previously so Bill got out and walked through it to check it out
It got deeper
And deeper
So it was at this point we realised we needed to turn around and go back !!!!
This was as far as we had travelled along this route. It meant we had to go all the way back to Dubbo as we were certainly not going to trust any other back roads
So Bill checked out the shoulder of the road and found that it was substantial enough to put the van on to turn
So thank goodness Bill was able to reverse the van on to the shoulder and turn round
A big relief
Back on the road to Narramine
Then back to Dubbo
Had to pull off onto the side of the road for this….
Did a Wikicamps check whilst on the way back to Dubbo to see where we could camp the night. Rang these guys and found that it was a goer. Didn’t want to just turn up in case the site was a quagmire
So thank goodness Bill was able to reverse the van on to the shoulder and turn round
A big relief
Back on the road to Narramine
Then back to Dubbo
Had to pull off onto the side of the road for this….
Did a Wikicamps check whilst on the way back to Dubbo to see where we could camp the night. Rang these guys and found that it was a goer. Didn’t want to just turn up in case the site was a quagmire
So back through Dubbo
and on to Parkes
Continuing on the safe Newell Highway
Workmen on the road fixing patches
Took this photo to send to Quentin my Physio
This is the turn off where we would have come out had we been able to continue further on the other road
Another turn off where we may have been able to come out in from the other road
A cute church that we passed when driving through Peak Hill
Just as well we didn’t plan to go here!!!!
More bright yellow Canola fields
Busy road with trucks overtaking trucks!!!!
Finally we reached Parkes
Drove through Parkes to reach our night's camp spot
Beautiful trees lining the Main Street
Out on to the Newell Highway again the other side of town
and before long we were at the entrance gate where we camped the night
Great spot
Enjoyed the sunset after setting up
Cooked up a healthy steak and veg meal tonight seeing as we hadn’t stopped for anything to eat on the way
Enjoyed the meal with a good drop of red 🍷
This HEMA map of our journey today, showing the section where we turned back
Enjoyed the sunset after setting up
Cooked up a healthy steak and veg meal tonight seeing as we hadn’t stopped for anything to eat on the way
Enjoyed the meal with a good drop of red 🍷
This HEMA map of our journey today, showing the section where we turned back
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