When we left Goondiwindi at 7.45am., I had already washed my hair & cooked eggs for our breakfast (&, who said I couldn't get up!). However, we'd both had a good night's sleep, probably helped by the cooler climate. Did I say cool - it was positively COLD when I got up & I had to switch on our precious little hot air blower!
Having filled up with diesel, we set off towards Dubbo. The sky was blue & the sun was shining brightly. A pelican sat on the Serpentine Lagoon & bright bougainvilleas provided vivid splashes of colour as we crossed the border into New South Wales & entered Artesian Water Country. We saw a kookaburra, emus & kangaroos, several of the latter being dead on the verges, unfortunately.
It was still only 9.30am as we approached Moree & by midday we had reached Narrabri, where we stopped for lunch & did some shopping (at Woolworth's, of course, as Gus is collecting their Aussie Animals cards).
Just after 2.30pm., we stopped for diesel in Coonabarabran, where a large number of the trees were in blossom. They were very attractive but I had no idea what kind they were. The weather was still perfect & I guessed that hot days & cold nights might prove to be the norm until we arrived much further south. The town looked attractive & well-kept, giving the impression that it was home to a thriving community.
At 3.45pm., we drove through Gilgandra (town of windmills), on our way to Dubbo, which now only 66km away.
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