Proposed Route

Hi Richard & Nina,
Can't help you with the 2 questions you have, but Wollomombi falls are the second highest in Australia.

However...a really nice free camp is the lions park just South of Bundarra...has green grassy river banks, a shelter with table and seats, flush toilets and water tap. If you don't make it that far a nice free camp is at Dumaresq Dam 12 k's West of Armidale and has flush toilets, a shelter with tables and gas BBQ's.

Another good free camp is between Birdsville and Bedourie, no facilities, but then that's why we all bought BT's...it does however have a nice hot bore and the bore drain leaves the cooling pond and snakes past the campsite...great for a dip...just test the water temp first. It was around spa temp when we were there last June. It's just 500m North of Carcory Ruin...also a nice piece of history.

I put some notes about it in the camp sites page on this site and a link to a pic as well.

We're heading to the Channel Country of SW Qld on Friday for 3 weeks, before we start work in the motels again in Armidale on October 1st.

Hope you have a great trip....
Cheers
Rick & Julie

Thanks - we'll probably stay at the camp site you mention near Carcory Ruins on the way back - the sound of wallowing in warm water certainly appeals!
We may even pass you guys somewhere along the road - we get ridiculously excited when we see other BT's - feels like family.
Cheers,

Hi Richard & Nina

Just read your proposed route and note you intend to travel from Kempsey to Wollomombi. I have travelled this road several times but not towing. The road is OK to the bottom of the range but once you start the climb the road becomes very narrow in places and in some areas if you met oncomming vehicles you may find it difficult to pass. Its been a few years since I've travelled that why so I'm not sure if any work has been carried out to widen it.
If I was towing a BT I think I would go over the range via Dorrigo then onto Ebor, Guyra, Tingha and then onto Inverell.

Regards
Russ & Carol

I'd have to second the thoughts above that the Kempsey - Wollomombi road is a great part of the country up around the Styx river area but the range is gravel and narrow and there is often traffic on it.

We travelled the road between Windorah and Bedourie a month ago, its a long stretch between fuel availability, we were praying hard for the last 20 km into Bedourie, we had extra fuel with us but had a head wind, got about 5 km to litre. The road from Eulo to Quilpie (I don't believe you will be travelling that way) but it is one car width and littered every .5 km with road kill. Trucks do a night run through there and just flatten anything in their path. Food shop before Bedourin, although there is a large supermarket there, the prices are scarey.