We were on the road by 9 this morning and it didn’t take long for the lovely blue sky to fade to gray. By the time we were thinking about a morning tea stop it was very wet, so we just kept on driving. Finally we reached Forbes at about 1pm. A quick drive around town and we spotted a likely cafe, where we gratefully stopped for a wrap and cuppa before popping back in the car and heading on our way again. 370km done before lunch.
We were hoping at this point that we might get a bit past Dubbo tonight, making a shorter trip tomorrow so we are not so weary on Saturday.
The day wore on with drifts of rainy weather and moments of dryness but by 2:30 we had decided that yet another wet night was on the cards and, yet again, the swags could stay in the car and a motel would be used.
Trev made the call that he was happy to drive to Gilgandra and, after a bit of research, a call was made and hold was put on a motel room. The price has dropped each night. I thought the cost of living was supposed to be higher in NSW, but it’s not if you can judge by motel prices.
We stopped at Dubbo for fuel and Trev once again whispered the fuel tank into accepting 60 litres of diesel- enough to get us to Uralla (our destination) with some up our sleeve to spare.
By just before 4 we were pulling in to our motel which is a bit out of town. The highway is just a few 100 metres away so we can hear the semis as they go past, but they don’t sound as though they are going to drive through our walls.
The decor is pleasant with lovely dot-painting-patterned bed covers and a nice big window.
Since we didn’t really feel like hopping back in the car we opted to eat from the food we had on board using the microwave in the room to heat some pasta and sauce, and then having rice pudding and motel biscuits for dessert.
With happy tummies we have dropped into bed early to read and blog.
Having travelled almost 600 km today we are left with another 350 km or so to get us to our airbnb tomorrow.
There is a local flora reserve nearby which sounds interesting, so if the weather is ok in the morning we might take the time for a little orchid hunting a few km down the track before we start travelling in earnest.
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