I wasn’t quite sure why we left the beautiful green “Blue Mountains”:
For the dry, dusty road to Mudgee:
With smoke from the wild fires clearly visible on the horizon. But I had to trust there was a plan.
Enjoyed the journey:
Almost ran over an echidna. Went back to ensure it got over the road safely (and to take a pic), but it had gone. Hopefully it made a successful crossing.
According to the internet, Mudgee would hold limited attraction.
But maybe we’d missed something because Mudgee was clearly the place to be. Unfortunately, everyone got there before us so we ended up at the showground, camping in the grounds by the sheep pens.
And off for a really rather excellent meat pie to finish our travel day:
