Short trip options from Orange NSW

Silverton near Broken Hill wood be good as you can stay at the caravan park.
Let them watch mad max 1 and 2 first.
Plenty to see in Broken Hill also.

Honky

Try the mid north coast around Taree great forest and 4wd tracks water falls and you can camp on the beach in the national parks for a few bucks have great showers . safe beaches at crowed head and kileys beach lots to see and do for kids and adults the area around Wingham is well worth a look

Thanks guys, Keith, I think I may have met you in TJM one day actually! I have been trying to get to a 4wd club meeting but it seems I'm always working when they are on, we are originally from the mid north coast so I'm not overly interested in heading up that way again real soon. I will look into silver ton and broken hill, I remember going there as a kid.

On another point how much does everyone budget for a trip? Is there a rough amount people allow each week?

Hey there, i live in Orange too (or just out of orange at Mullion Creek), small world. We have only lived here for a year and before that, lived in Broken Hill for 3 years. We have 3 kids, 8, 5 and nearly 2 year old. From here to Broken Hill, it's a good 2 day drive with kids to get there. We usually stay at Nyngan or Cobar when travelling back and forth, kinda works out halfway. Not sure of suggestions for you but there is so many great things to see and do, you could always just wing it and drive until you decide to stop. If you go to Broken Hill and want a different way to come home, you could do a loop and go via Mildura. They have a great indoor wave pool that the kids will love. Down that way is also Mungo National Park which we found good.

We have just finished a 6 week trip away up to Darwin with the kids and all i can say is "take warm clothes" it was even cold up that way. I am quite enjoying being home in front of the fire with all this cold weather around.

no matter where you decide to go, hope you have a great trip and enjoy.

Plenty of options closer to Orange also. The bridal Track, Ophir, Glenn Davis in the Capertee valley, Newnes, The Garden of Stone NP including the Glow worm Tunnel, Kanagara Walls NP (4wd the Kowmung fire trail) including Jenolan Caves, The Abbercrombie river (Goulburn not far) Plenty of free camping and fishing around the Macquarie River near Dubbo, Windamere Dam, Dunns swamp, and then as suggested you could head to the Hill or down the Darling out through Cobar, Tilpa, Louth, Bourke and back through Nyngan. I am in Bathurst mate with a couple of kids and am essentially chasing the same thing with my crew.

Regards

Jas

yeah thanks for that Jason, will certainly have to have a look at some of them places, we are plannign to head out to Ophir some time soon (was going to be this weekend but its not exactly great weather for it) so i might have to start ticking some of them places off the list soon!

Next time your heading out somewhere around here, maybe drop me a message and we might tag along if thats alright?