Day 3 - Darlington Point to Forbes
It was a beautiful morning on the banks of the Murrumbidgee at Darlington Point. A little cool though but the diesel heater fixed that and we were toasty warm as we enjoyed our morning cuppas and breakfast. On the road by 9:30am, we headed through Leeton which was a much larger town than we expected to the reserve at Narrandera where we have had many morning teas in the past. We shared Tassie baked mini quiches washed down with our own coffee or tea before we were back on the road. I was impressed with the caravan parking in West Wyalong where we stopped for lunch - so much so that I took photos because this is what we need in Launceston (take note, Dave). We had baked goodies from the bakery before we turned north again. There was lots of roadworks, plenty of trucks trying to go faster than us, but at least the wind was not a problem like yesterday. We arrived in Forbes to find that our proposed campground was a bit busy so we checked out the showgrounds before setting up there. Deciding to take advantage of the afternoon sun, we opened our chair bags - until I screamed and dropped mine because I saw two mice run out. Last night after our campfire , I packed up our chairs but given the car was already locked, thought I would just store them under the van overnight, ready to be put in the van in the morning. Greg did say “you shouldn’t do that, a snake will crawl in” which I dismissed given how cold it was. So while it wasn’t a snake, it was snake feed! Lesson learned - don’t store the packed up chairs under the caravan.
After our cuppas, we did a couple of laps of the trotting track to get our steps up before we had drinks and nibbles outside in the rapidly cooling night - believing we couldn’t have a campfire. Until Doug the caretaker came around to take our camp fees and said we could! But it was too late by then. I did have a chat with some people with the same kind of caravan as us and there enjoyed Rhonda’s cooking for dinner before we all retreated to our vans for warmth.
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