18th November 2025
Distance: 408 km
Fuel: 43 L
Deciding to travel shorter distances each day has its benefits, every morning is very leisurely. I am still up at 6am for a shower followed by breakfast (invariably cereal), then there is time to look at any photos taken the day before, and write this blog.
Once again didn’t leave until after 9.30am. The morning was sunny with clear skies and that awful wind seems to have ceased, replaced by a pleasant breeze.
Set off past the reassuring sign that the road to Wilcannia was open.
Easy drive even after turning east onto the Barrier Highway, set cruise control to 100kph which seems to be the best compromise for speed and fuel economy.
Stopped a couple of time in rest areas because my sciatica was playing up as well as to make tea.
There were feral goats hanging about at the rest stop too.
Arrived in Cobar mid afternoon and set up my camper (which is basically unhitching it, opening the doors and the vent). It was much warmer than it has been the last few days with temperature creeping into the low 30s, though the humidity was only about 30% so it felt quite pleasant.
Drove into Cobar to fill up with fuel then spent the rest of the afternoon reading and eating.
OZ Camper Travels 