Day 3

We both had a restless night last night in Dubbo. The park was close to the city centre and bordered quite a lot of open ground down to the river. Signs throughout the amenities block warned us not to leave valuables in vehicles at tourist attractions or in parks. So, any outside noise woke us both. Fortunately, the overnight temp was so low that it obviously deterred too much criminal activity and we left this morning without becoming crime statistics. Onward and upwards. Lunch at Narrabri and on to Moree for the night. We stayed in this park in 1984 on our first major road trip North. I was able to remember the hotel on the corner where we turned to the park. The park has changed with the addition of more cabins, but still nice and neat, same amenities block and I remembered the high fence along the rivers edge. It was 4C when we left Dubbo and 21C when we stopped for lunch Cotton trash along the roads edges and unending kilometres of the Piliga forest were other things we drove through. The Newell highway hasn't changed but it has deteriorated. Several delays again today with the stop/slow of road works means they are working on it but there is SO much left to do.