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Welcome RegTag

Lots of info in here if you try a few searches.

From the part of the new England hwy I live near there is a very nice donation camp at Wallabadah just south of Tamworth. If you are heading to Orange you can cut across via Premer(another nice donation camp) to Coolah, Dunedoo, Wellington(nice camp somewhere near there too but not sure where), Molong, Orange.

Hope that helps with your planning, cannot help you with the other aspects though.

Someone with more knowledge than I will add some more details soon.

Frank

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I drove the Werris Creek, Premer route a few days ago and the road surface was dreadful. It was all uneven and potholey on the edges and the only relief was to drive down the centre of the road. 

The Premer donation camp amenities were disgusting. As I approached the building I could hear a loud buzzing. The place was full of blowflies. 

Hello regtag, I am almost like you and, I have only been on Grey Nomads for 3 or 4 months but, welcome and I hope you enjoy the trip as much as I do.

Now, although this isn't an answer to your query it is a tip for hubby. About 10 or more years ago a guy in Victoria found a famous gold nugget called the "Hand of Faith". It was sold to a Casino in USA for a Million Dollars or something, and sits on display at the entrance to the Casino with a couple of Guards standing by. Now my tip is for your Hubby. If my shaky old memory serves me right, the bloke who found the nugget decided to have a quick little detect while his wife topped up the Bubby. If your hubby has a detector he could try and replicate that lucky bloke. Yes I am a bit of a dreamer, but opportunity only knocks once, so tell hubby to slip out and get a cheap magic stick.

Good luck.........Simmo.

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Regtag hi.

Only 3 weeks ago we set of to cover similar grounfd on our wat to Canberra from Brisbane, towing our towing our caravan.

I decided before leaving home if I seen fuel at cheaper rate I would top up even if I had halve a tank.

My fuel points were Warwick as you are going across the Condimine River Bridge l/h side United. L/h side a couple ks out from Glen Innes United. From there down to Tamworth out on the New England Highway south of town Star Servo. Weington south Metro r/h side.

My resting sites were as we got away after lunch was Bald Rock viewing area south of Tenterfield then down to Bendermeer for the night. Over the years we have used this area across the river from the hotel as a lunch or afternoon stop supporting the hotel but the next morning when we were leaving we noticed these ugly signs displaying No Camping, scaring you with on the spot fines.

From Tamworth we headed over to Werris Creek, turning right at 60ks sign Caroona, Premer, Coolah, Dunedoo, on the Dubbo road we turned left to come out at Wellington, Molong and Orange. All sealed surfaced roads a very pleasant drive.

 Near Wellington we stared at Ponto Falls, a short drive away from the highway.

At Caroona we stayed with friends, 

Deepwater has some free camping area, no amenities, there is some up in the park on tye other side of highway. Just north Glen Innes there a camping reserve r/h side. Guyra has good amenities in park r/h side.

Tamworth area showgrounds, Currabubula, Werris Creek also, I have not used these sites but remember it is just an overnighter.

Premer has a camp reserve never stayed there, but one I used was at Caroona up the road from a hotel down behind a corrigrated iron hall, we were running late and I was over the roos on the road, pulled in for a break stayed the night.

Wiki camps has some good info. Gulgong Showground low cost, Molong Caravan park worth the money free washing machines.

Hope in some way this helps, enjoy the experience.

ShortNorth wrote:

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Radar wrote:

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...........................................but one I used was at Caroona up the road from a hotel down behind a corrigrated iron hall,................................................

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No hotel in Caroona - only Lingard's General Store that does sell beer (other alcohol ?) - then only an old sandstone church and a corrugated iron community hall - other than that, the primary school closed and was demolished many years ago, and a few scattered houses. My late father in law (settled on the land near Caroona just after WW2) used to say "Welcome to the progressive new city of Caroona - watch out for trams !" My wife comes from Caroona and we were married in Quirindi, so I do know the area fairly well. And the red car in my avatar was at Caroona as recently as 2012 - we attended an 'extended family' 100th birthday celebration in Quirindi.

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 Just show you how I forget things quickly, We usually come down a dirt road crossing a creek but I did try to keep them on the black top. Thank you for the correction the main thing is its a good drive with some safe places to stop and enjoy.

I like the drive over Pandora Pass to Coolah, the way Cuningham Crossed on his way to Brisbane. A bit of history.

Main thing here folks is we don't confuse the people with our thoughts.

We all know roads in Australia are not 4 lane concrete highways, our roads taken at a reduced speed our enjoyable there is so much to see.

I will leave it to Regtag to sort though, I am sorry that I am unable to give you the name of the road after leaving Dunnedoo heading towards Dubbo you take to Wellington, it is sealed road saving you some time and adds to your repertoire of roads you have used. On most maps it shows as unsealed and probably was a few years ago.