Queensland – Mar 2022 – Nyngan

After a single night at Emmdale Roadhouse we were on our way once more.

There is still little to report between towns out here, so our next pit stop was Cobar, home to the Big Beer Can and a centre for mining (lot’s of those out this way). We used Cobar for a break but didn’t investigate the area. This trip is first and foremost about the conference we are attending on the Gold Coast, so sightseeing is on the back burner. Hopefully we’ll get back through these parts at a more leisurely pace some day.

From Cobar we headed to our overnight stop at Nyngan. Here we chose a freecamp at Nyngan Weir on the Bogan river. There were a few other vans there when we arrived, so we decided to hunt for a decent spot. BEWARE if you have a large van. There is a track leading off the main camping area that turns out is just a loop with no additional camping spots, but it is narrow and has a number of large, low, overhanging branches that require navigating around. I had to get out of the car and direct Megan through. It must have taken 30 minutes to travel the 60 metres of this track. Eventually we got through and found a spot near everyone else.

Once set up, the camping area proved to be a very nice spot to stop. There are toilet facilities here too.

The following morning we set off once more, passing through Nyngan proper to ensure we visited the local Big Thing, the Big Bogan.

Onwards…