Rhys and Effie put the word out that they were heading away for a Reccie weekend. For those who don’t know what a “reccie” is. It’s the art of going somewhere you have never been simply to find out what’s there. It doesn’t matter if you get lost or find nothing it’s all about the experience of going somewhere new.
Saturday morning we set off early to meet Rhys and Effie at the Wyong servo’s at 8am. As we approached we spotted them and managed to pull in before them, therefore they should be doing the trip report but I don’t mind doing them so here goes. We had coffee and pulled out about 8.30am.
We pulled into Dungog about 10.00 and found the local i centre. We made short stop and then found our way to the Chichester Dam. We decided to have a coffee and morning tea by the river at the base of the dam. We then made a quick stop at the dam wall took photos and then headed for the forestry tracks and to find a place to camp. Along the track we came across a old hunters hut had a quick look around and kept moving.
We found Frying pan camping area’s there are 2 here one for trail bike riders and one for everyone else. It was around 1.20 and we decided to push onto the other camping area to also check it out then make a decision where camp would be for the night. We drove for about another 15min and pulled into to Telegherry camping area’s. All camping area’s were covered in lush grass and they all had pit loo’s and seemed very inviting. We had a look around and then picked a spot to camp. We all set up tents and chairs and then enjoyed some lunch.
The rest of the afternoon was spent chatting watching the boys drive the remote control car around and generally relaxing. We shared food and cooking then Rhys built a fire in the provided pit. We ventured down to the river right on sunset to take photos and have a look. It was a beautiful area with enough places to hop in and sit in the moving cool water. It was too late and too cold to swim then but on a warm day it would be very enjoyable. As the sun fell the fire was lit and we then sat for another few hours just talking and keeping warm by the little fire.
Sunday morning we all woke late and again shared a cooked breakfast. We took a slow pack up and left camp after another trip to the river for a look about 11pm. The plan was to do a big loop around the park. As we were tracking along we took the occasional detour down inviting looking tracks with none turning out to be much but if you don’t look you will never know. We came across a interesting diversion and as Rhys put it lets take the path less travelled. We took a right turn and wound our way through lots more forest. After taking a left instead of a right we crossed another river and found our way to a lookout but on to a different track. This track bought us out onto “The Buckets Way” and back heading for home just north of Stroud. After a quick comfort stop we made our way out to the highway. We pulled into a rest area and had a coffee and this is where we realised how hot the day had become. We had a easy trip back into Sydney and were home and unpacked with the car washed by 6pm. A very enjoyable weekend, we will be going back to keep looking around the forest there are lots of tracks and other camping areas to explore.
Us2martins with Rhys and Effie in Chichester State Forest.
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