Goobang National Park

22 – 23 April 2015

It was still raining and cold when we left the cabin, but a quick stop for coffee in Oberon warmed us up. We fuelled up in Bathurst then stopped at the visitor centre in Orange to get information about camping at Goobang NP.

We had a quick lunch stop at Molong – still windy and cold – then on through Yeoval and Baldry to Greenbah Creek camping area in the national park. The road from Baldry is unsealed, and the road within the park is very rocky, but the camping group is only 6km along this road so it didn’t take long. There are a number of sites, mostly level, some picnic tables, firepits and a toilet. We chose a spot, hoping the last of the dark clouds would move on, and set up our camp.

Speckled Warbler

Galah

Eastern Rosella

This is a nice place but I didn't manage to turn up many birds, probably due to my lack of persistence more than anything. In Spring I'm sure there would be much more activity, not just here but in most of the locations we've been to this trip. It was nice to find a Speckled Warbler on my morning walk although I couldn't get as close as I'd like. Mick.

There was only one other couple camped at this spot so it was a quiet night – cold but dry. Kangaroos grazed the grounds and in the morning one came right up to us, looking like it wanted a hand-out. There had been a heavy dew during the night so we had to wait until about 9.30 for the tent and awning to dry out. It wasn’t hard to do, this was a very nice, peaceful spot.

This Roo was obviously after a free feed.

Getting ready for an Antarctic expedition.

When we finally hit the road we headed towards Bourke, with a view to seeing how far we could get.