Wednesday, 21st June.
As it was extremely cold last night, we left the heater on all night and were so snug and warm when we woke that we didn't want to get out of bed. Our plan was to leave Bathurst at about 8.00a.m. but the fog that blanketed the town prevented that....we pottered around packing up as much as we could until visibility increased enough to safely take to the road, finally leaving at 9.30a.m. with the temperature at 0 degrees.
The traffic moved slowly out of town, visibility being barely fifty metres making us think that we were in for a long, long drive but lo and behold.....9kms out of town, without any warning, the fog suddenly lifted revealing bright sunshine and blue sky, with the temperature jumping to 8 degrees, so we were able to enjoy the scenery and be warmish from then on.
It was a lovely drive through the Great Dividing Range with the inevitable roadworks and a stop at a fresh produce shop/cafe in Hartley for coffee and f.a. cake, followed by a steep climb through Victoria Pass, difficult for a car towing a caravan, more roadworks at Mt Victoria then an easy drive through and down the Blue Mountains. At almost noon we could see the grey clouds over Sydney, unfortunately hiding the blue sky we'd been enjoying. Once down the mountain, we entered the M4, cruised along for about 20 minutes then exited to join the traffic crawl through the outer suburbs to Kurnell, to the storage facility where the caravan is now having a well earned rest until we're ready to leave on our return to the west.
We are now installed in the granny flat, looking forward to lots of family time in the next couple of weeks or so.
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