where to stay between Scone and Broken Hill?
Submitted: Monday, Aug 02, 2010 at 17:32
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Member - Boo Boo (NSW)
G'day all
We are going to
Broken Hill in early September and I am tossing up between a short first day,,,
Scone to
Nyngan, or going on to
Cobar and make to even days.
My only concern is the standard of the caravan park and the locals at
Cobar.
Last time I went through was in 1987 and did not feel comfortable in the town. Maybe I was a bit senstive in those days.
Your thoughts and suggestions please.
Reply By: Member - Duncs - Tuesday, Aug 03, 2010 at 11:45
Tuesday, Aug 03, 2010 at 11:45
Never stayed at
Nyngan but hte park there does look nice and is in a great location.
The CV Park in
Cobar is very good. As others have said it can get a bit noisy if you are close to the servo/truckstop, but it has never kept me awake.
The owners/managers are wonderful people. My son left a much loved baseball cap there years ago. We rang looking for it but they could not find it. We called in on our next trip through and they let us have look around, but still no luck. They took our name and address but I really did not expect to get it back. My son was despondant but accepted that it was gone. Many months later a package arrived in the mail. It was addressed to my son but we could no work out what it might be, we had forgotten about the cap. The delight on his face when he pulled the battered old cap from the envelope was fantastic. I wish the park owners could have been there to see it.
On our next trip through
Cobar he made us stop so he could go in and thank them. On special occasions he still wears that cap.
If it was up to me you would stay in
Cobar. To help you plan and maybe persuade you,
Nyngan to
Broken Hill is still 6 hours drive and
Cobar to
Broken Hill is over 4 hours. There is also a mining museum in
Cobar that I have been told is worth a visit.
Duncs
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Reply By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Tuesday, Aug 03, 2010 at 17:11
Tuesday, Aug 03, 2010 at 17:11
Well,,, after a lot of discussion last night we have decided to stay in
Cobar.
I was quite surprised when I did a bit of a search on the town to find that it has a
population of 7000 and has a large shopping centre and best of all a nice golf and bowling club.
Thanks for all your input it is appreciated.
While we are at
Broken Hill we have 2 weekends to look around. We realise that it is no where near enough, but it will give us a bit of a taste and remind us of what we saw in 1987.
The two weekends will be for
Tibooburra and
White cliffs.
Then its off to
Adelaide for a few days then to Bunbury for 6 weeks work for the bride.
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