It had been nearly 8 years since we had visited Barrington Tops. Our trusty travel companions Rhys and Effie were keen to head there so on the 19th and 20th of March off we went. It had been pouring down in Sydney for most of the night and driving out I drove through some of the heaviest rain I have ever driven in. It was not a good feeling but hey we were set for a wet and cold weekend anyway so we pushed on.
We pulled into the meeting point at the servo at the top of the freeway to find Rhys and Effie already there with Rhys’s sister Natasha also joining us. We had breakfast and waited on the other 2 cars. Dean and Dave were joining us.
Dave was a little late but not too much later we were headed off towards camp. We followed our trusty GPS and once again it got us just a little lost. We had to back track a few kms and take a left turn and we were once again heading to camp.
We pulled into camp and yep you guessed it, it started to rain just enough to be annoying. We set up shelter. Just as we got it up and found a spot for the tent the rain stopped and the leeches disappeared. We set camp and pick a spot for the fire enjoyed lunch and took a walk around the camp area. Not much had changed in the 8 years though it was good to see there was so much water in the river. We collected wood in the hope for a great fire.
The boys dragged wood and then chopped it up with an axe. The wood however had a different idea it didnt want to burn. We did get a small fire going but no matter the fanning or the addition of more or taking off of wood it never seemed to really get going well. We did manage to cook a nice roast as did Rhys and Effie.
The next morning we packed up and left camp mid morning to find some tracks to drive. We found one fantastic track which took us past a great national park camping spot which we will be looking at next time for the place to camp. It was flat and grassy and right next to a river. We ventured on and across some small creek crossings and up some very slippery hills the boys were very much enjoying the mud and more challenging tracks. We came out the main track and took a short walk to the lookout. We were keen to look down a old favourite track out to the pools however the track is closed so we headed out to the final lookout just past the Dingo fence. We stopped here and enjoyed lunch. We then pushed down to Scone where we stopped for coffee and to say our final goodbyes.
We had such a great weekend thank to all who came.
Us2martins in Barrington Tops.
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