Brissie to Canberra
Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 16:02
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skichic
Hi,
I'm driving from Bris to
Canberra over
Easter and was planning on camping in a caravan park in Dubbo as a stop over point. Then I read the archives and the scary stories about Dubbo camping! It'll be just me and my 2 kids in a little tent, and we've camped all over without feeling worried. So after some advice on:
(a) safe
places for us to
camp in Dubbo
(b) alternatives
We're fine with rough camping, but I'm only taking the basics for the trip and a shower after a 10 hour drive would be nice :) Normally we avoid caravan parks like the plague!
Ta
skichic
Reply By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 16:16
Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 16:16
skichic
Mate , one hears all the time about don't stop in
Wilcannia,
Bourke,
Tennant Creek, Pt
Augusta, and Dubbo, if you go to a good Caravan Park you won't have any worries, and remember the biggest thieving mongrels are where your heading,
Canberra
The little Caravan just on the North side of the
Bridge at Gilgandra is a nice park and it is about 63klm short of Dubbo., it has been there for years ,don't run around bare feet ....ouch oOOHH
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 16:20
Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 16:20
and while in Gilgandra you could take your kids to the little Obsevatory Telescope in Town
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 16:23
Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 16:23
Gilgandra Observatory
The Gilgandra Observatory and
Display Centre is located in Willie St, just off the Newell Hwy. Aside from opportunities to view the rings of Saturn, sun spots, the moons and Great Red Spot of Jupiter, there are astronomical displays as
well as rocks, fossils, petrified wood and native flora. The centre is usually open from 12.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.on weekdays and from 7.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. every night but Sunday when it is closed. During daylight savings the nightly hours are 8.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m and in the school holidays the observatory is open seven evenings a week, tel: (02) 6847 2646.
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Follow Up By: Member - John and Val W (ACT) - Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 20:58
Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 20:58
Hey Doug,
Canberra is not a bad place - it's the people that you lot send here for a few weeks each year that give it a bad name!!!!!
Val.
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Follow Up By: Member - Effie C (ACT) - Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 21:58
Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 21:58
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John and Val W (ACT) posted this followup
Hey Doug,
Canberra is not a bad place - it's the people that you lot send here for a few weeks each year that give it a bad name!!!!!
Val."
I'll second that not too bad a joint except for all the pollies that the rest of Oz sends here!!!!
Therefore please keep your thieving pollies in your own states, unlike most of the rest of Oz we don't need convict imports (think a couple hundred years ago) ((:
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Reply By: skichic - Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 16:30
Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 16:30
Thanks Doug. I lived in Dubbo for a summer many years ago and have stayed there since, but in a motel, not a tent. Gilgandra might be a nice alternative though, bit quieter and more "countrified: :) Oh and I think the Canberrians you refer to have already stripped me of an excess assets ;)
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Reply By: Member - John and Val W (ACT) - Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 20:55
Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 20:55
Turn off at Coonabarrabran and head for
Mendooran where you can
camp for free on the town common - from memory you have to drive past the police station to get to the common. has flush
toilets and a (cold) shower, but plenty of space. If the highway is busy, after Gunnedah turn off at
Mullaley and go in via
Tambar Springs and Coolah - pleasant run.
HTH
Val.
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Reply By: Member - Effie C (ACT) - Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 22:02
Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 22:02
Sorry only
places we have stayed in Dubbo are motels, Cattlemans is great and have family units at reasonable prices.
Quickest way from Bris to
Canberra is down the coast takes approx 12 to 13 hours straight stopping for fuel and food (kids and wife take comfort stops whilst obtaining fuel)
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Reply By: Bungendore - Monday, Apr 02, 2007 at 14:20
Monday, Apr 02, 2007 at 14:20
Agree with the turnoff to
Mendooran - much better road, less hills than the highway and you come onto the highway just north of Dubbo. The
camp area is just behind the police station. We have stayed here a few times and found it very good.
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