Gismo Queen and her King

Day 1 - Broadford to Darlington Point

The adventure has begun! After a waving off ceremony attended by the whole family this morning, and presentation of a fantastic drawing by our nieces (so good I have stuck it to the fridge for the duration of our trip!), we were on our way only 45 minutes behind schedule. The car was fully loaded, the caravan too but it still handled well on the road and soon the kilometres were melting away. A quick morning tea stop at the 1 U Cafe in some place I couldn't pronounce produced an excellent homemade sausage roll and a pretty good coffee. Lunch was in Jerilderie, at the bakery - which apart from the IGA was the only thing open down the whole main street on a Saturday afternoon. Greg was mimicking four-year-old Kobi before too long with "are we there yet?" which amused him greatly. We pulled into Darlington Point just after 3pm, and headed off the bitumen along a sand track down to the Murumbidgee river. Within the hour, we are having afternoon tea looking out to the river and listening to the birds. Greg's "Castle" like comment - "ahhh, the serenity".

Firewood is collected for the campfire and the first glass of wine is being enjoyed. This is the life!

posted by Tracey @ 6:22 pm