ACC Southerly Busters - Bourke - Lightning Ridge Tagalong

Notes:

a. The starting point for this tag-a-along is Parkes NSW.

b. The route and the number of nights it takes you to get to Parkes is up to you. Below are three suggestions.

c. Leave camp early, say 9am so to arrive next camp by midday leaving time to explore the local towns

d. As with all Tag-A-Longs you can join or leave the trip at any point

Pets

Dump

Fire

Night

Date

Day

Start

End

Accommodation

D/Klm

Time

T/Klm

Phone

Cost pn

Allowed

Point

Pits

1

28-Apr

TH

?????

Parkes

Showground

180

2:00

180

68622580

$ 25 Power

Yes

Yes

2

29-Apr

F

Parkes

Parkes

180

3

30-Apr

S

Parkes

Nyngan

via Trundle - Nyngan Riverside Tourist Park

131

1:30

311

68321729

$35 Power

Yes

Yes

Yes

4

1-May

SU

Nyngan

Bourke

Mitchell Caravan Park

204

2:10

515

68722791

$34 power

Yes

Yes

5

2-May

M

Bourke

515

6

3-May

TU

Bourke

515

7

4-May

W

Bourke

Walgett

Alex Trevallion Park - free camp

310

3:45

825

n/a

0

Yes

Yes

8

5-May

TH

Walgett

Lightning Ridge

Lightning Ridge Holiday Park

75

0:55

900

68260532

$35 Power

Yes

Yes

Yes

9

6-May

F

Lightning Ridge

900

10

7-May

S

Lightning Ridge

900

11

8-May

SU

Lightning Ridge

Narrabri

Showground

240

2:45

1140

417006865

$20p $12np

Yes

Rest area

12

9-May

M

Narrabri

Coonabarabran

John Oxley Caravan park

127

1:25

1267

68421635

$32

Yes

Nelson park

13

10-May

TU

Coonabarabran

1267

14

11-May

W

Coonabarabran

Gulgong

Showground

165

1:55

1432

484531520

$20

Yea

Yes

Yes

15

12-May

TH

Gulgong

1432

16

13-May

F

Gulgong

Lithgow

Lake Wallace - free camp, toilets and showers

156

2:00

1588

Yes

Yes

Yes

17

14-May

S

Lithgow

Home

??

??

18

15-May

SU

19

16-May

M

Route 1

from south coast

Night

Date

Day

Start

End

Accommodation

D/Klm

Time

T/Klm

1

26-Apr

Tu

Home (Nowra)

Derrick VC

Free camp 14km North of Goulburn

130

2:00

130

2

27-Apr

W

Derrick VC

Boorowa

130

1:25

260

3

28-Apr

TH

Boorowa

Parkes

Showground

180

2:00

440

Route 2

from Camden

Night

Date

Day

Start

End

Accommodation

D/Klm

Time

T/Klm

2

27-Apr

W

Home (Camden)

Lithgow

Lake Wallace - free camp, toilets and showers

125

2:10

125

3

28-Apr

TH

Lithgow

Parkes

Showground

218

2:55

343

Route 3

From Stone the Crows or Elvis

Night

Date

Day

Start

End

Accommodation

D/Klm

Time

T/Klm

1

28-Apr

Th

Wagga Wagga

Parks

Showground

Activities, sight seeing, things of interest

Parkes

The DISH observatory, The Henry Parkes Centre housing the Elvis exhibition, Sir Henry Parks Statue

Nyngan

Museum in Ex railway station, the Big Bogan, Cobb & Co Coach

Bourke

PV Jandra Paddle river cruise, Back of Bourke Visitor Centre, BBQ dinner and sunset @ Mt Oxley gate ticket required,

Brewarrina

Aborginal Cultural centre and fish traps, Muddy Waters Café and Gallery

Walgett

Not a real lot to do here - Just a nice happy hour

Lightning Ridge

Grawin Club in the Scrub 70km, Bore baths, coloured car door self guided tours (direction sheet for information centre)

giant emu, stree art, Chambers of the Black Hand - underground mine, Amigo Castle,

View Sunset (happy hour) from either the Yellow or Gree car door tours.

Burren Junction

Morning tea stop and an opertunity use the Artesian Bore Baths

Narrabri

Rest afternoon and happy hour

Coonabarabran

Siding Springs Observatory, maybe a drive to one of the Warrumbungle lookouts (Whitegum), Sandstone caves, Sculptures in the scrub

Dunedoo

Morning stop and view Silo Art at train station

Gulgong

$10 note town, Pioneers museum, Henry Lawson Centre, Stacks Down Under (Quirky homewares and anything for your Van)

The Drip walking Track on the beginning of  the Goulburn River out past Ulan (35km)

Mudgee

Morning tea and a walk aound town, maybe visit a winery ,

Lithgow

Small arms factory,