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September 8-9 |
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Too much driving, we decide to pause in the Warrumbungle
National Park. We turn off the Newell at Tooraweenah. Head north along the
western side of the park. |
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Then into the park, to Gunneemooroo. The code is .....! |
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A pleasant drive. |
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The volcanic origin of the Warrumbungle obvious. |
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An awkard, very substantial, gate. Just enough room to
enter the combination in the lock and extract it. |
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An afternoon walk. Along the Burbie Fire Trail. If we
followed it north for about 10km we would reach the main road through the
park, tomorrow night's camp, and other walks. |
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But we didn't. Ali stopped early, I continued upward for
3km. The wildlife is friendly. Not so much the goats. |
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Its Spring. |
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An acrobatic yellow plumed honeyeater. |
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Nice to be in the middle of mountains. A few drops of
rain, the weather has cleared enough to be nice. |
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A pleasant campsite. The threatened rain soon dried, no
impediment to leaving. |
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Next day the 50km drive into the middle of the park. |
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More walking, we start at the north end of the Burbie Fire
Trail. |
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Several shades of yellow. This is (we think) Accacia.
We've seen lots in the last couple of days. |
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A lighter shade of ... |
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We turn off the fire trail, follow the steep track around
Split Rock. Its steep. |
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Myrtle. |
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As we climb higher we see more of the park. The tall thin
bit on the left is, we think, the pillar that overlooked last night's camp. |
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Looking east. Below us is recovered farmland, and the park
information centre (which was closed - we were too early). |
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More flowers. |
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The core of Split Rock is volcanic. |
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A buff rumped thornbill. It may be Australia's smallest
bird. At least close to ...
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Wambelong Camping Area. There are 6 caravans as I type.
And one car/tent.
Cloudy, not enough sun to feed the solar. We added some charge from
alternator in the 50km drive.
The first day in the last three months we have to think about solar. |
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