THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
HEADING NORTH
WITH WINTER UPON US , LIONEL PACKS UP YEMMY AND HITS THE ROAD , HEADING NORTH TO QUEENSLAND .
Winter is around the corner so I ' ve packed my bags and hit the road northwards towards Queensland . I ' d planned a very relaxed itinerary , with a daily target of 300km or less . It was relaxing but a bit boring , so I increased the last two days kilometres and arrived at the Kilkivan bush camp a day early .
The weather all the way from home was mostly sunny although a bit cool first thing in the morning . I mention that because Yemmy ' s cabin heater control was stuck on cold !
I changed my plans a bit as I wanted to use my 240V heater in the evenings and early mornings so the first stop was at a lovely waterside caravan park at Barham , just over the New South Wales border .
The next night , I planned to stay at the Narrandera showgrounds but when I spotted a sign that said
‘ 65km to Ardlethan ’ I changed my mind and headed for one of my favourite stops .
The free camp at Ardlethan has four powered sites where for $ 2 you get 12 hours of power and another $ 2 takes it up to 24 hours . There are toilets , a free barbecue and a lovely park that you cross to get to the local shops .
The annual show was on at Narrandera so the showgrounds camping was closed . It was warmer now so I stayed off power in a rest area about 16km from there .
The next day , it was over the river and into Queensland at Goondiwindi . The rest areas along this road were not too attractive so I found a little spot off the main road .
That meant I was here at the Kilkivan bush camp a day early . We are having a gathering of Apex 40 members here on our way to the major event at Bargara next week .
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