Day 8: 2010 Kimberley Karavan Test Trek
Cobar – Warrumbungles National Park
Today I’ve experienced two extremes of the camping trailer lifestyle. We started in a caravan park and have ended the day here, in a rugged bush camp in a National Park. John and Jenny, the new Karavan owners had a great nights sleep and are pretty pleased with the van in general. We spent the best part of the day helping them understand all the features and getting their electronic brake controller set up correctly.
After lunch we left John and Jenny with their new toy and headed off to here, Warumbungles National Park, just outside of Coonabarabran. After a brief stop in Warren, we went through Gilgandra on the way which was a very nice looking town.
We had ourselves a little adventure getting in here though. Turning off the main road we followed the signs for a bush camping area (Camp Gunneemooroo). Things started well enough with a gorgeous drive east heading towards the amazing mountains with the setting sun behind us. But the road started getting narrower and narrower and then it was blocked, twice with trees and once with a washed out creek crossing. I was prepared to turn around and head for an easier camping ground but Bart had other ideas. He wasn’t going to let some trees and ditches stop him and his Kamper.
We somehow blazed a trial around the trees then Bart and Chris managed to move one of the trees by hand (after Bart had carefully attached a rope to the tree and his truck ready to pull it aside!). It was awesome to see someone thread a big 4WD and a Kamper trailer through tight trees and big ditches. This is the kind of stuff Kimberley Kampers handle really well. This manueverability allowed us to access a remote camp site by a creek with no-one else around. It was great to get in here, swing open the Kamper and be set up within about 15 mins – we’ve got a kwik awning, second bedroom set up as well.
Looking forward to relaxing and maybe exploring the park tomorrow.
Kamping at the lovely Cobar Caravan Park
Happy new Karavan Owners John and Jenny
Cameron wants to know - Who's Warren?
The amazing Warrumbungles
Bart blazes a trail - the road was blocked by a fallen tree