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Published: September 25th 2014
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Photo from Dashcam Some one has suggested that the planning is half the fun. Maybe, but getting out there and discovering fascinating places beats the planning bit. However, without the planning, we wouldn't know where to poke our noses.
We generally make the first day driving short so that the morning of departure is easy getting the house mothballed for the period we will be away. As it happened, that was all done, washing dry and stowed, and we were ready to leave a couple of hours earlier, so we travelled to the border town of Wallangarra for our first night out.
It is a couple of years since we drove out towards NSW via this rout. Last time, Cunningham's Gap where we drive from the plains up through The Great Dividing Range to the plateau, the road was in disarray after severe storms had cause multi million dollars damage to the highway. It was good to see the machinery all gone and the road in great condition. We love this area and always drive up with the windows open. The Australian Bell Bird occupies the hilly slopes, and its sharp bell like tones are everywhere.
Because of the road works
last time, we were held up for about 20 minutes in the forest area, but try as we may, we could not get a picture of this elusive bird. With the road repaired there is now no stopping until the summit.
This is the first time we have travelled with a Dashcam. It is there principally for safety and evidence when travelling, However, with a little manipulation we have extracted some photos of the journey. The ones in the blog are from Day 2 in Northern NSW as we head south west.
In this part of the journey we had one photo spot that we wanted to visit, and found that it barely added any kilometres to our journey.
The Mount Kaputar National Park has a number of interesting rock formations worthy of a photo or two. Until recently, we had not heard of this place at all. I had entered a photo from Cape Leveque in a photo competition run by the Campervan and Motorhome Club, and the photo next to mine in the display was entitled Sawn Rocks, NSW. After a quick response from Dr Google, we could see that it was indeed easy for
us to access.
The National Park features quite a number of native flowering plants and shrubs as well as several examples of Organ Pipe rock formations. These rocks are said to have been formed into long 5 sided pencil like columns as the lava solidified very slowly, effectively making these crystalline structures.
As time has passed by, fractures have occurred, so some of the crystals have been broken, and it looks like someone has come with a saw and sliced the lower portions away.
With spring here, the flowering shrubs and bushes also made opportunities to see and enjoy some of the little things that The Creator has left for us to find. We have noticed both here and in WA, many of the native plants have very small flowers. Luckily, with the Macro Functions we are able to get photos of these pretty flowers, most about the size of your pinkies fingernail.
The weather on Day 2 has ranged from sunny to torrential rain, calm to wildly gusty, but we have travelled comfortably and safely thus far.
You will see in the photos an example of poor overtaking technique. No harm done, but could
What road rules
Photo from Dashcam have been tragic if a small car was coming in the opposite direction, out of sight of the offending driver.
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Your dash cam works well good photos. Liked the native flowers and rock formations.