Tambar Springs to Reids Flat
When you think how many hidden corners of Australia there are, it's understandable one will never see all of them. But sometimes it's good to have a reason to explore some of the real hidden places.It's fair to say we would never have come to Reid's Flat if we hadn't had a reason. I'm sure most of you (especially the Aussies reading this) will have no idea where Reid's Flat is. We didn't either until we messaged Rob and Kylie a few weeks ago with the intention of meeting up with them somewhere near Emerald. Rob and Kylie were our last housitters. They spent 8 months in Tassie from last September through to May this year, and house sat for us three times. We got along really well with them and they had planned to go fossicking near Emerald in July/August so we tentatively planned to catch up there.
Until they put down roots in Reid's Flat. Well, they have seedling roots. They bought 500 acres a couple of months ago and so are living on the property in the caravan while they build a house. A slightly different path from fossicking in Emerald so we decided to go and see this little known corner of Australia.
We were up early in Tambar Springs, even before the local council workers who started road works just outside the pub at 7:30am. On the road by 8:30am, we headed south through Coolah, Wellington, Molong and Cowra. Turning out of Cowra to Reid's Flat, it quickly became apparent this is not a popular road route. The road became narrow and windy and we started to distrust the satnav. We drove into the locality of Reid's Flat just after 3pm and there really isn't much there. Following Rob's directions, we got to their road which appeared to be a goat track and off we set. The track was narrow and windy - I have no idea what we would have done if we had met someone coming the other way.
The instructions were 6.4km along that track. But we got to 6.7 and couldn't see a gate. Then we rose upon a crest and pulled up to ponder our options. There was nowhere to turn around, no mobile phone service - how were we to find them? Crisis averted when Rob pulls up next to us - he had seen us overshoot the mark and chased us down! I reversed into a driveway and we made our way up through the rocks to this unique place.
They grow good rocks out here! It's a pretty rugged 500 acres but beautiful in its own way. Rob and Kylie are building a house out of containers and have been very busy in the last three weeks getting started on that. So we caught up on stories and happenings, sharing drinks and dinner around the campfire, watched the stars come out and enjoyed the tranquility.
posted by Tracey @ 8:23 pm
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