panuara wrote:
Happy to go somewhere rather than copeton. Some nice caravan parks at nundle, armidale, glen Innes perhaps.
We stayed at PENROSE CP - on Waterfall Way, just out of Armidale... Good amenities... Internet access, library... Nice grassed area and ponds... $27 a night... I was there primarily for the 2 day neuro-stroke at UNE so didn't get to sight-see much... Plus it rained for the 3+ days we were there... But Wollombimbi Falls was WELL worth the visit...
Sound like a whingeing POM - but Nundle was dissapointing... We didn't stay there but eyeballed the CP and agree that IT looked snug... The town itself was quaint, olde worlde, but neither the "olde-tyme-shoppe" nor the Wool Mill was open on the day.
We did Hanging Rock - the lookout - magnificent... and then the 180 (or so) km 4WD drive track (with 22 Creek Crossings) down to Scone... Great...
Didn't get to Glen Innes: Stayed at Manilla - nice park - close to the Manilla River... growling possums... and day trips to Baraba and Bingara and Copeton Dam... Did a bit of fossicking (seen's we were on Fossicker's Way) but didn't scratch either gold, sapphires nor rubies... Interesting though... Look for "Ruby Hill" (signposted) south of Bingara - and shift into Low 4WD before you attempt to climb the hill...
Some folks (no doubt) will love Copeton Dam... But I agree that there are plenty of other locations that are more appealing...
Depends on your desires - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
And, anyway - just being Away: in the Van, is satisfying in itself...
I'm sure All would agree...
Jedo