We both decided that we had seen the mid north NSW coast too many times and not the hinterland. So we decided instead of following the Pacific Highway that it would be good to go and check out Armidale.
In the Camping-with-dogs guide there was a nice camping presented near Uralla, with gold and gemstone fossicking. Rule of thumb measurements (my thumb worked well) made it a three hour trip.
The road was nice, past Bellingen, Ebor and other picturesque places and nice rolling hills. Six hours and 1,000 meter elevation later we arrived at dark near the Uralla Fossicking Area.
It was very dark with the only light coming from cars close to what we assumed was the water with screaming voices from drunk or otherwise excited teenagers. We could only find a small curve from the parking area as stop place and parked the bus, set up and tried to find wood in the now starting rain. This was going to develop quickly to be our most favourite spot. Not.
The fire was struggling, the voices were getting louder and cars kept coming and going. The rain was intermittent and when it became steady, the rain gave in and so did the teenagers. The temperature dropped meanwhile to somewhere around 7 degrees which is cold when you sit outside.
The highlight of the day was that I got lucky that night 🙂
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