THE FOURTH DAY – MONDAY 12 JULY
Well last night was terrible it rained pretty much most of the night. This morning was drizzling and we decided to leave. We packed up, had breakfast, I took some photos of the cute rocky creek that now has water flowing and off we went. We only left at 10.00am. stopped at the visitors centre to pay our nights fee and buy a couple of post cards to remind us of what we didn’t get to see due to the rain and fog and headed off. Most of the morning was drizzly and wet. The van behaved itself at least. Between Coonabarabran and Narrabri we drove through the Pilinga State Forest which is apparently as big as Belgium. The forest is the largest remaining native forest on the Australian continent. The sun peeked through near Narrabri and the clouds were braking up. Saw a very very small black and white bird flit in front of us very fast – ill have to look it up in the bird book. We reached Narrabri 12.45 pm. It is a very nice neat town. We stopped to look at a local craft shop. We had lunch near the Narrabri creek which was a nice spot. We went to the info centre and then I got some money out. We headed towards Mt Kaputa National Park where we thought we would stay the night however where we were lead to believe from our book a camp should be it was no longer there, we were disappointed. So what were we going to do? We headed back into Narrabri and had some choices of caravan parks in town or we discovered - in the book, a camp near a lake called Yarrie Lake – a bit out of town. We decided to risk it and go for the lake camp. We went past the CSIRO Australia Telescope – went in and took a photo then left – hey it was a big dish what can I say. Then we headed towards the lake. We finally got there and well!! We were pleasantly surprised. We were the only ones there/here . We paid our 20 bucks for a powered site then promptly got our bikes off and went for a ride around the lake. Graeme was looking for firewood to make a fire and I was taking photos. The sun was going down and the lake with clouds above made for some beautiful sunset pictures. There was a wetlands with many kinds of birds flying around squarking and looking for a place for the night. It was amazing. This was the best choice and all turned out for the best in the end. Graeme has made a great fire and we even had a fire to cook our dinner over in the bbq. The night is clear and mild and one can see many stars twinkling in the sky. What a beautiful night. aaahhhhh