Wednesday 27th May 2009
The day for departure has arrived! We planned for 10 am and believe it not we were on our way on time not knowing what to expect and for how long we would be away for. We had decided to go up the New England Highway as the Pacific Hwy and surrounding area was still impassable due to the floods.
A beautiful day, sun shining and not much traffic on the road. We had set up Mr Tom Tom with Tamworth as our destination. Estimated arrival time 3.24pm if we didn’t stop. Up the F3 and off at the exit for Cessnock and on through to Singleton. All much easier towing than I thought. No problem keeping to the posted speed signs except for the hill climbs when the poor old X-Trail had to work much harder. As soon as we turned off on to the New England Highway we had our 2 hour rest stop and pulled over into a lay-by for our lunch and a cup of coffee. We were now members of the Grey Nomads crowd and in no time we were chatting to another couple who had just driven up from Wollongong and were going to make their overnight stop at Scone. They were newbie’s like us as they were just on their very first trip. They were well set up with a big new 4 wheel Toyota and a very impressive caravan. All refreshed to we headed off again, all at ease with the towing. Stopped for petrol at Singleton and arrived at The City Lights Caravan Park just south of Tamworth at 3.56 pm. Not a top 5 star job but all we needed was a powered sight and booked in for two nights. No problem really as there were many empty sites to choose from.
We selected our site after a bit of a time and prepared ourselves for the set up of the rig. Oh so much easier that we thought it would be. It wasn’t long before we had it all done, having left the awnings until the next day as it was now getting dark. It had been a surprisingly warm 18 deg however later on we did put the heater on in the evening. As a reward we decided to drive into Tamworth just a few Klms down the road for a drink and some dinner. Tired and ready for bed we settled down for our first night of many more in our new home but not before looking at all the stars in the beautiful clear night sky. Just beautiful!
The day for departure has arrived! We planned for 10 am and believe it not we were on our way on time not knowing what to expect and for how long we would be away for. We had decided to go up the New England Highway as the Pacific Hwy and surrounding area was still impassable due to the floods.
A beautiful day, sun shining and not much traffic on the road. We had set up Mr Tom Tom with Tamworth as our destination. Estimated arrival time 3.24pm if we didn’t stop. Up the F3 and off at the exit for Cessnock and on through to Singleton. All much easier towing than I thought. No problem keeping to the posted speed signs except for the hill climbs when the poor old X-Trail had to work much harder. As soon as we turned off on to the New England Highway we had our 2 hour rest stop and pulled over into a lay-by for our lunch and a cup of coffee. We were now members of the Grey Nomads crowd and in no time we were chatting to another couple who had just driven up from Wollongong and were going to make their overnight stop at Scone. They were newbie’s like us as they were just on their very first trip. They were well set up with a big new 4 wheel Toyota and a very impressive caravan. All refreshed to we headed off again, all at ease with the towing. Stopped for petrol at Singleton and arrived at The City Lights Caravan Park just south of Tamworth at 3.56 pm. Not a top 5 star job but all we needed was a powered sight and booked in for two nights. No problem really as there were many empty sites to choose from.
We selected our site after a bit of a time and prepared ourselves for the set up of the rig. Oh so much easier that we thought it would be. It wasn’t long before we had it all done, having left the awnings until the next day as it was now getting dark. It had been a surprisingly warm 18 deg however later on we did put the heater on in the evening. As a reward we decided to drive into Tamworth just a few Klms down the road for a drink and some dinner. Tired and ready for bed we settled down for our first night of many more in our new home but not before looking at all the stars in the beautiful clear night sky. Just beautiful!
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