Inland Loop - Part 1

We are about half way through our inland loop in central western NSW.  We left Sydney and drove out through the Blue Mtns down to the Capertee Valley (on the north western edge of Wollemi National Park).  The drive past the coal fired power stations around Lithgow sparked an indignant debate in the car about the energy future of Australia - well maybe debate isn't the right word, since we're both on the same side, but I am sure some politician's (and former client's) ears were burning!! 

From Capertee, we headed up to the Warrumbungles - what an amazing place, probably the highlight of the trip so far!!  We spent three days and did two walks to take in the scenery of the park from various vantage points and were amazed at the spectacularness of it.  Luke took some great shots, including a few panoramic ones, which I'll upload soon.  We then headed down to Narrabri through the Pilliga Scrub.  We stuck mostly to the nature reserve parts and visited some great Aboriginal sites and did some more walking and nature appreciating.  There was also some more debating about the coal seam gas issue (and probably some more ears were burning!!).

Our bird list is growing, with some good twitching in Capertee (Luke's favourite bird spot so far) and the Warrumbungles. 

We have also experienced the low light of the trip out here, with temperatures plummeting overnight.  The worst was three consecutive nights at -3oC, -2.9oC and -4oC, and that's inside the car!!

Now we're off to Kaputar NP and then a few spots around Tamworth, including the Big Guitar!