The Warrumbungle National Park was our last stop on our outback tour, before we made our way to Crescent Head to meet up with friends for our annual Easter holiday.
We followed the Oxley highway which was really overrating itself being called a highway, passing through Nyngan and a lot of other small towns before stopping at Gilgandra for lunch.
There was a lot of standing water beside the road, remnants of the flooding. There were also endless goats grazing – we never realized how big a problem they had become.
We eventually reached the outskirts of the national park, breath taking.
We spent the next three days in the park having fun with campfire cooking and exploring.
The main walk that we did was to Spirey View to see the bread knife, an amazing rock formation in the centre of the park.
It is supposed to be an easy 7km loop, but we managed to take a wrong turn and turn it into a 12km hike, including a very steep climb before we discovered our mistake. We found a marker at the top and realised we had gone down one of the difficult tracks and climbed to the centre of the range. After back tracking 3km, we rejoined the correct path and finally made it to Spirey View.
We enjoyed a picnic lunch while admiring the view and then slowly walked the 3.5km back to the car. We slept very well that night.
Our legs were smashed for the next couple of days so it was a lazy couple of days enjoying camp fires, and a little exploring by car. The visitors centre was brand new with a lot of interesting exhibits.
The last night Bel cooked a damper on the fire and it was the perfect way to end another fabulous trip through Aus.
