Inverell

26 – 29 October 2024

We left Girraween and crossed the border back into New South Wales, and adjusted back to Daylight Saving time. We fuelled up in Tenterfield where we found the cheapest diesel around then stopped for lunch at Swanbrook Rest Area, a spot on the river with picnic tables and toilet.

We have visited Inverell a few times and always take the opportunity to catch up with birding friends Ian and Judy. We chose a caravan park on the Macintyre River which is quite close to town. Our site was at the back of the park, with the river behind us. There is easy access through a locked gate, to the lovely walk along the river where Mick did a bit of birding. We even did a bit of spotlighting on the bridge near the caravan park when we thought we heard an owl not too late one night.

There's some good birding right in town

On our first night there we went over to Ian and Jude’s for drinks and then stopped on the way back at the Finale Evening of the Sapphire City Festival. There was entertainment, food trucks and market stalls so we wandered around and bought some dinner before heading back to the caravan park.

We went for a short drive to Lake Inverell where we walked along the walking track to a spot where there was some potential for bird photos. The lake and parklands look to be a very popular destination with plenty of parking and all the expected facilities.

As always, we hadn’t really decided where we would go to next, but had a plan to head towards Lake Cargelligo. We set the GPS for Lake Cargelligo with a couple of potential overnight stops in mind.