On The Road With H and L

I hope that any readers haven’t been disappointed in finding my entries few and far between but finding time, light, etc hasn’t been that easy. I aim to make one entry a week at least. At present I am sitting outside at a camp table this sunny Saturday morning and we are in the Warrumbungle National Park which has huge volcanic spires and immense gorges, all heavily forested and an animal sanctuary so kangaroos, emus, wallabies and lots of bird life.
After leaving Broken Hill we took the road to Wilcannia and then on to Cobar where we stopped for the night. It was sunny when we left Broken Hill but it soon started to rain and we have encountered quite a bit of rain this week. There is a lot of water around, on the side of the roads etc, but today is sunny - a nice change. Cobar is a copper mining town and we went out to have a look at the open cut mine, a huge hole in the ground with an entrance to the mine way way down, and then off to our next stop at Nyngan. It’s a pretty little town on the Bogan River and its main claim to fame is that in 1990 the river reached high levels and despite the best efforts of the townsfolk to sandbag the river it broke its banks and the town flooded. The population of some 2,000 was evacuated by helicopters leaving the town in a sea of water. There is a museum which tells the story and a helicopter sits in the main street as a memorial! We liked the caravan park so much we stayed 2 nights and then drove up to Gilgandra passing huge cotton growing concerns - lots of water required! - we stopped for a coffee and the shop owner suggested we take a back scenic road through the Wurrumbungle park, and so here we are. We had also met some people on the way who told us how lovely the park is - we have a bush camp but with power and amenities 5 minute walk away. There are kangaroos feeding across the way and naughty currawongs getting at our rubbish. It has been cold at night but we had a camp fire last night and our bed is very warm and cosy, no trouble sleeping but difficulty getting up in the morning. Some fellow travellers have told of us of hot springs at Burren Bore which is east of Narrabri - we may go there next or perhaps to Moree which also has hot springs - somewhere warm please!