Our beautiful riverside camp at Bingara (NSW) was cut short when our battery decided not to perform as expected and we needed to find a caravan park and plug into power to keep the fridge running and the lights on. Until then, though, we enjoyed our idyllic waterfront campsite.

What is more peaceful than camping by a riverbank where horses meander by and little blue wrens flit around your feet. That’s why I love camping here. Can it get any more special than this?

I could have stayed here for a few more days but in this hot weather power for refrigeration is an absolute necessity so we reluctantly packed up and headed to Gunnedah.

We stopped for brunch at Barraba and pulled over to take photos of the Silo Art.

They look similar to painted silos I have seen before in Western Victoria and sure enough, when I googled it, the silos in Patchewollock were painted by Magee too.

We finally checked into the caravan park at Gunnedah, quickly plugged into power, and – forget the fridge – let’s get the aircon on! The days are hot – around 35°c – so we both had a dip in the pool here to cool down. It was a basic caravan park but served our purpose, got the battery charged up and us cooled down before we were on our way to our next stop, Coolah.

There was more Silo Art as we left Gunnedah and fortunately a lovely wide spot to pull off the road to get a couple of photos. These silos feature the poem, My Country by Dorothea McKellar and truly depict the ‘wide brown land’.

Our stop at Coolah gave us a chance to catch up with a couple of our Solo friends who live in the Home Base there so we shared a pleasant Happy Hour with John, Richie and Sue before heading off to Dubbo, our next stop on our way to Ponto Falls.

Well, here we are! And what a gorgeous spot it is! At Bingara we had horses and here at Ponto Falls we have cows!

I’m about to make my way across the river rocks to sit in the shallow water for a cool down. If one of those cows comes anywhere near me I’ll be famous for walking on water 🤣🤣🤣

Here’s our trip from Moree to Ponto Falls – it’s taken us close to a week – but we’re not in a hurry – unless the lights go out again!