NSW Outback and Opals - July 2020
Hi All,
It’s been pretty quiet for the last week or so, which I hope means everyone is ready to hear West - I am! Just need to put everything in the Jeep!!
I spoke to a few of us on Zoom before the club meeting last Wednesday, and have heard from just about everyone since my emails a week and a half ago. I cancelled all the South Australia bookings, and booked 8 campsites everywhere we are going in NSW after Broken Hill. Brian told me he has booked other accommodation – not camping – everywhere he could which is great. I know that Eva was planning to go to the Underground Motel in White Cliffs back on the old dates (so I have 7 campsites in White Cliffs). I hope everyone has managed to change the dates of any other accommodation you booked as necessary.
We are down to 9 Jeeps as Adrian sent me an email to say he couldn’t come, but we are still at 15 people as Brian’s wife will be joining him (hence the other accommodation :) I reckon we are going to have a great group and a great trip.
Most of us are meeting at the Shell Station at the corner of Magpie Hollow Rd and the Great Western Highway on the approach to Lithgow at 9.00am on Saturday morning.
GarryC lives in Mudgee and will meet us at the Honey Haven just outside Mudgee at about 10.30 for coffee - 2 Hill End Rd, Mudgee. I’ll aim to leave there around 11.00am and be in Dubbo for lunch, then of course Cobar for the night.
We’ll use Channel 15 on the radio (Club Channel) and everyone has my phone number, so hopefully we will all get to Cobar successfully… If anyone is travelling separately, be very careful approaching Cobar around dusk, there are lots of goats that wander onto the road. Beware of kangaroos around dawn and dusk everywhere!
It will be cold, especially at night, I hope it won’t be wet, and we will be able to swim Lightning Ridge – be prepared for anything.
One last thing that I should say, I hope everyone is well! If anyone is feeling ill before leaving Sydney then you should reconsider the trip. Last thing we want is a trail of illness following us through the outback!
See you all on Saturday! Please call if you have any last minute questions.
Dave