Darwin ..and Beyond

Leaving Sydney on Friday 29thApril and heading towards Muswellbrook for an overnight stay, we stopped at the Hawkesbury River Bridge rest area for morning tea and arrived in Greta in time for lunch.  Upon arrival in Muswellbrook, found that the 2 caravan parks were both full, so continued on to Scone where we were lucky enough to get the last spot in the caravan park on the southern end of the town.
Next morning we headed for Keepit Lake caravan park where Dick and Gloria were awaiting our arrival.  Stopping in Tamworth for some fresh bread rolls for lunch, and filling up with petrol and  LPG we stopped just out of town for lunch, then continued on to Keepit.
We had a delightful spot, not far from the lake front, and there were quite a few caravans and tents around us - most of them left on Sunday -. On Sunday afternoon we drove over to the airport and they guys had planned on having a glider ride - behind an aircraft and then free gliding back to earth - unfortunately one of the gliders missed the airport and landed in Breeza, meaning that Charlie had to go there to retrieve him.  Then we heard over the control tower that Charlie's fuel tank cap had come off and there was petrol spilling out from the tank.  It all seemed too hard, so we left without having a ride - maybe it was an omen !
Dick's caravan door lock was playing up and before "happy hour" on Sunday afternoon, he dismantled the lock to find out why he couldn't lock his door - the lock fell apart, and they found that they could close the door, but not lock it, so next morning therewere several phone calls to caravan people to try to get another door fitted.
There was another door which could be fitted in Tamworth, so it was organised for Dick to take the caravan there on Tuesday ( Monday was a public holiday in Queensland where the head office of the caravan company is located).
We had a lovely drive to Gunnedah, met up with and had morning tea with Evelyn and Ken - a couple who D & G had met at Blacksmiths beach a few weeks before.  They suggested we take a look at the Rural Museum in town, which we did, and then we had lunch in a nice cafe in town, then to Woolies for a few groceries and then back to the caravans at Keepit, where the sun was still shining, after a cloudy morning.