Gismo Queen and her King

Day 29 - Narrabri to Dubbo - Monday 27th May 2024

Another beautiful morning on the banks on the Namoi River. We took it slowly this morning as we had decided we wouldn’t leave until after elevenses. Because it is truly lovely to enjoy our coffees in the sun on the riverbank!

We were on the road just after 10:30am and it was easy driving down the Newell Highway. Arriving into Coonabarabran just after 12pm, our lunch destination was Feathers Cafe right near the designated caravan parking (we do like towns that provide this separately - Launceston really needs to do this). It was a delicious lunch. Back on the road for cheaper fuel in Gilgandra, so that was our next stop. Then Dubbo by 3:30pm with a quick stop at the Stihl shop for a new chainsaw chain - the new electric chainsaw has had a good workout this trip!

And so we pulled into Red Earth Estate winery before 4pm. We have now been here so many times, including on the way up this trip! Obviously not with a caravan then so we only stopped for lunch (See Day 3). The camping out the back is pretty basic and unfortunately we were a bit late today to be located vine-side but given how cold it is going to be tonight, we figured we wouldn’t be sitting outside anyway. We had our coffee in the last rays of the sun before ordering our dumplings for dinner. This meant an early dinner (takeaway pick up was at 5:45pm!) which we enjoyed in Cafe Phoenix. I even set the table and picked some flowers for the dining table. As always, the dumplings were delicious. We then spent some time planning our final travel night destination before calling it an early night.

posted by Tracey @ 8:23 pm