Day 7: Sat 16 Dec - Coonabarabran to Forbes, 312km; total towed: 2,008km
22 (FL 20, Coonabarabran) - 33 deg C (Forbes) Walk: 8km; total: 32km About 8pm last night, we closed all the windows and blinds and put the aircon on as it was still about 30 deg C when we were ready for bed! Neither of us slept that well knowing that Wendy's ebike was on the back of the van and we could not hear if anyone was trying to have a lend of it. It was nice and cool in the van though. Since we had the aircon replaced in 2021, the cutting in and out is a lot smoother and we hardly noticed it, a real bonus. We were on the road to Gilgandra just before 8am with a noticeable increase in traffic. We had mornos at Gilgandra alongside the windmills and the Castlereagh River. We refuelled on the northern outskirts of Dubbo and brunched on the southside of Parkes. We have noticed an increase in RV traffic (caravans, camper trailers, and everything in between) in the last 24 hours, mainly due to NSW school holidays starting yesterday afternoon. In the main, everyone has been well ...