Lewy_88
Active Member
We went on this weekend trip a while back, but its a route and area worth checking out. If you get decent weather, its a beautiful part of the world.
We left Canberra after work on Friday and headed towards Barnetts Road, but had to stop for a quick drive on the Brindies powerline track. We ended up getting poured on which made our planned route to camp impassable and in the end we had to turn back to take the main road. It ended up raining all night, and into the morning but stopped as we were packing up and turned into a perfect blue sky day.
We left camp and back tracked a little way to check out the main camp site that is favored by horse riders. The creek that is normally below hub level was very swollen, but not so bad that we thought it was impassable. It turned out to be pretty deep, and easily the deepest crossing we have ever done. The footage is pretty crazy to see the bow wave completely cover the windscreen for a split second!
After crossing, checking out the campsite, then crossing the swollen Emu Creek for a second time we drove out to Blue Water holes. The drive there was pretty cool. the amonnt of water on Dubbo Flat along Broken Cart Trail was crazy. We had never seen it like that, the drone footage is pretty cool from this spot.
We had lunch at Coolamine Hut and again, got some cool footage of the old buildings. At Blue Water Holes we walked the gorge and out to the water fall which was flowing nicely after all the rain overnight. Again very picturesque and highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys a bit of a trek. Awesome walls towering above as you cros the river about 7 or 8 times before getting to the waterfall. It takes about 50mins one way.
We ran out of time to do anything else there other than check out a little cave right near the camp area. We headed for camp at Long Plain Hut and we setup in the horse camp area which was completely empty. Dinner was an epic camp oven Nachos recipe (and some beers) that Lynchy pulled together, followed by some buttescotch schnapps from the Wild Brumby, and an apple cinamon dessert damper with custard. Epic cook up.
The morning was a good chance to shoot some really nice footage of the camp area. After a quick pack up we checked out the Hut, then headed for Talbingo and Blowering to explore the tracks in the area.
We left Canberra after work on Friday and headed towards Barnetts Road, but had to stop for a quick drive on the Brindies powerline track. We ended up getting poured on which made our planned route to camp impassable and in the end we had to turn back to take the main road. It ended up raining all night, and into the morning but stopped as we were packing up and turned into a perfect blue sky day.
We left camp and back tracked a little way to check out the main camp site that is favored by horse riders. The creek that is normally below hub level was very swollen, but not so bad that we thought it was impassable. It turned out to be pretty deep, and easily the deepest crossing we have ever done. The footage is pretty crazy to see the bow wave completely cover the windscreen for a split second!
After crossing, checking out the campsite, then crossing the swollen Emu Creek for a second time we drove out to Blue Water holes. The drive there was pretty cool. the amonnt of water on Dubbo Flat along Broken Cart Trail was crazy. We had never seen it like that, the drone footage is pretty cool from this spot.
We had lunch at Coolamine Hut and again, got some cool footage of the old buildings. At Blue Water Holes we walked the gorge and out to the water fall which was flowing nicely after all the rain overnight. Again very picturesque and highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys a bit of a trek. Awesome walls towering above as you cros the river about 7 or 8 times before getting to the waterfall. It takes about 50mins one way.
We ran out of time to do anything else there other than check out a little cave right near the camp area. We headed for camp at Long Plain Hut and we setup in the horse camp area which was completely empty. Dinner was an epic camp oven Nachos recipe (and some beers) that Lynchy pulled together, followed by some buttescotch schnapps from the Wild Brumby, and an apple cinamon dessert damper with custard. Epic cook up.
The morning was a good chance to shoot some really nice footage of the camp area. After a quick pack up we checked out the Hut, then headed for Talbingo and Blowering to explore the tracks in the area.
