Tuesday 10th May 2022
We had a lovely night at Cassilis Campground, it was so peaceful and was well away from the main road which was a big plus. Our new underlay beneath our mattress even though it is only about 1cm thick it was amazing. We both slept extremely well. I didn’t wake with too many aches after my fall last night. A couple of tender and bruised wrists and a sore knee. Apart from that I came away not too bad. Phew.

I started the day early with a little yoga session and then after breakfast we enjoyed a little walk around the small town of Cassilis. It was very quiet and peaceful. Life is so different here in the country. 

We then headed on our way, the initial plan was to head to Dubbo Zoo but David found a road less travelled and we headed along the Ulan Road to Ulan, gulping and Wellington. We had hardly been driving for maybe 20 mins when we detoured off the road to some Aboriginal Rock Paintings called ‘Hands on Rock’ which was a short 650m walk each way with a little extra as we went the wrong way. The paintings are on a long sandstone overhang painted by the Wiradjuri hundreds to thousands of years ago. There are over 100 stencils of women and children hands, emu feet and other motifs. 

Then a little further up the road we went on another bushwalk to the Drip Lookout walking track which was about 3km. This meandered along the Goulburn River to the Drip which is a 35m overhanging cliff on the northern side of the Goulburn River Gorge. At The Drip there is a continuous drip of water seeping from the cliff, huge fallen blocks of sandstone , pools and small rapids. 

We enjoyed a lovely drive from here to Gulgong where we enjoyed the views at Flirtation Lookout and then continued along to Wellington. It is so peaceful when we take the road less travelled. When we arrived at Wellington we had intended to go to Dubbo and then visit the zoo but we weren’t expecting this little detour to take until 3pm, so it was time for a change of plan. WE decided to stay the night at the Wellington Caves Caravan Park where we went on the last tour of the day into the Cathedral Cave. This was a 1 hour tour into the Cathedral Cavern where the altar was depicted with Stalagmites behind it. The altar still has an old bible on it which has now been covered with crystal. They have a couple of weddings here each year and they previously had Christmas and Easter services.
After the tour we managed an early dinner, yay for us. Dinner and dishes done by 6.15pm. We then enjoyed the lovely facilities in the lounge/camp kitchen.

Tomorrow is supposed to rain all day so we will see what develops.