After a two day delay caused by needing to wait for an embassy to return my passport (thankfully with the visa I wanted inside), I finally set off after lunchtime. A bittersweet farewell with my parents, who…
Day 42 – This is (not) the End…
Leaving Parkes that morning, my first impression was one of cold – the central west of NSW is not pleasant during winter, and there was an icy wind blowing all day. Thank god for heated hand grips! The cold weather…
Day 41 – Telescopes and Volcanoes
Leaving Coonabarabran in the morning, I headed west into the Warrumbungle National Park. This is a mountain range formed as the remnants of an ancient extinct volcano – with the hard igneous rock jutting out sharply in strange eroded patterns.…
Day 40 – Back in NSW
Almost immediately after hitting the road, I came to my final State border crossing, back into New South Wales. Very close to the border is the fascinating town of Lightning Ridge. It’s the centre of opal mining in Australia, and…