Overnight stops from <span class="highlight">Dubbo</span> to Newcastle
Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 at 07:58
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didiaust
Thinking of driving from Gunnedah to Coonabrabran,
Dubbo,
Wellington back
Gulgong and back to
Newcastle
Just thought we would amble along as have plenty of time to get back to
Newcastle.
Anys suggestions of camping spots along the way. We are self contained in the van but aren't necessiarly looking for
free camping just different spots rather than a cement slab in a caravan park.
Reply By: John and Lynne - Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 at 09:19
Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 at 09:19
That is a good route. We have done versions of that several times in our efforts to avoid the Newell. Two good caravan parks/campgrounds with plenty of space, grass and shade are
Wellington Caves and Sandy Hollow (on Golden Highway in Upper Hunter). You won't be squashed in at either of those. The Mudgee/
Gulgong area is
well worth some time. There are some good lesser known wineries in the Upper Hunter if you are interested. The road from
Wellington to
Gulgong to Cassilis (Golden Highway) should give you no problems with a van. Enjoy your trip Lynne
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Reply By: Motherhen - Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 at 13:08
Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 at 13:08
Hi Didi
We went to
Dubbo via the
Bylong Valley, then spent a couple of days at
Dunns Swamp - quite a large national park
campground. From there we deviated further south to
Glen Davis where there is a community run free
campground with hot showers near the site of an old shale oil works.
The
Wellington Caves CP was very nice with huge although slightly sloping grassy sites so we stayed an extra day there before heading to
Dubbo. While at
Dubbo we commuted in 14 kms each day from the
Terramungamine Reserve free
campground on the Macquarie River. This small free
campground gets crowded, but it was ever so much nicer than staying near the highways in town.
Motherhen
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Reply By: Fred G NSW - Thursday, Aug 12, 2010 at 00:53
Thursday, Aug 12, 2010 at 00:53
Mendooran has a great
free camp by the Castlereagh River, right on the edge of town. It's in the Camps 5 book....
check it out, it is good, with a pub just a few hundred meters up the road.
And I second
Wellington Caves. Plenty of room and very quiet.
Fred
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