Southbound - Gundabooka to Griffith

Gilgunnia

Our last starry, starry night. We wake a little later than usual in the bush - too many trees shielding the sunrise? We enjoy alfresco breakfast at the campsite table, admiring the wildflowers and birds, then pack up and we're on our way shortly after 9am.  Back to the Kidman Way and down through very pleasant surroundings to Cobar (coffee and a walk), Gilgunnia Rest Area (roadside lunch), Hillston (icecreams and a walk), to Griffith.
The Kidman Way has less traffic than the highways we've used so far, and as we go south there are more and larger trees, the grass becomes green, there is water in the creeks. In our many excursions we haven't travelled this road through Bourke and Cobar, and we enjoy seeing new territory.
As we approach Griffith, we come into crop-growing country, with large grain silos, then into the fruit-growing area - oranges and mandarins everywhere. We settle on the Kidman Wayside Motel as our place to stay, and go for dinner at Il Corso, a traditional Italian restaurant where we enjoy a good meal while observing the locals out on Saturday night.

Australia's longest hotel veranda, Cobar