DSLH - 8600Miles
4 Months on the road and loving every moment,,
Leaving Queensland behind us, we headed back into New South Wales, this time we followed the coastal Pacific hwy south to Maitland visiting Coffs Harbour, Port Maquarie and the Great Lakes, along the way. Then headed inland again to Wellington, Lake Burrendong, Bathurst and Cowra.
Relaxing at camp site for 3 nights at Coffs Harbor,
a beautiful spot near the harbor mouth.
Easter long weekend and we found this scenic forest camp site in the mountains. A great place to hide from the Easter holiday chaos. No one around for miles.
Managed to do some much needed servicing while here. Changed oil, filters, plugs and points rotated tires and adjusted brakes. Plus some other minor repairs. The Easter bunny still managed to find us here and we awoke on Easter morning to lovely chocky eggs.
This camp site was a highlight of the month. Lake Burrendong. 4 days of putting around the pristine waters in our little boat. The lake holds 3 times the amount of water than Sydney Harbor and is currently only half full. Again no one around but us and some nosy Cows.
The Fish were jumping and taunting us but unfortunately were not on the menu during our stay.
Commer receiving a well deserved hug.
WATCH THE VIDEO TO SEE OUR "SPEEDY" LAP OF
MOUNT PANORAMA RACING CIRCUIT.
After bathurst we headed inland for a quiet few days camping and set up camp in yet another spectacular spot at Bakers park.
We spent four nights at this amazing spot and had the place to ourselves most of the time.
Our on-board wildlife photographer strikes again with this great shot of an Echidna.
Ruins of Cowra POW camp
Another town visited in April was Cowra and the ruins of the WWII P.O.W camp there.
At 2am on August 5 1944 preferring death to the shame of capture, more than 500 Japanese prisoners attempted a mass break out, What resulted was a tragic loss of life and the largest wartime casualty's of enemy soldiers on the Australian mainland during WWII. 231 Japanese soldiers were killed and 140 wounded, 4 Australian soldiers also lost their lives.
Balloon landing to say G.Day!
On a brighter and more positive note our next stop was at Canowindra for the 18th national hot air balloon championships, We were treated to a fantastic opening ceremony night with many balloons being inflated to provide spectators with a beautiful display of light and balloon design.
At sunrise the following morning we awoke to the sound of burners blasting away above our camp.
Lucky for us the wind was carrying all the balloons directly over our peaceful camp site two miles from town.
One balloon even landed near by to say G,day and then took off once more. All the Balloons made a beautiful scene that we wont forget in a hurry. Very pleased we stopped by.
Click below to see the Balloon's
We are ending April in Canberra where we will view the sights and attend the ANZAC day ceremonies before moving on south. Finally we have turned on the Commer's heaters as the weather cools and night time temperatures now are starting to drop as low as 0'C.
Distance since leaving home, 8600 Miles
