Friday nightIpswich to Yamba via McKinley Highway 325K
Saturday MorningYamba
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Saturday From Yamba to Armidale 315K![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIanGttCs_sLIYMcL08xvJAtBpae6sHehaJK_pBv-CWCcLmwEhzwRS-6RMnMOXf7pkPC6jvuqBEKiM33CzLgWyM70UT_x0fsgNK4G37w5NdlziufkWhUj7v1-UsDWzAA7BqhjG8xZwhLx/s320/Leg-2-Saturday.jpg)
Pretty close to the number 38 in the map above, we found this little road turning off, and I can't remember why, we took it. At the end of the road was the bridge shown below. I took these pictures after we'd crossed the bridge in the car. Madness!
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Back on the main road again and in the middle of nowhere, there was a Llama farm.
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You can see the crazy river we crossed on the left in the middle of the view picture below.
Saturday AfternoonThis is not the same crazy river, this was on a 1.4 kilometre rainforest walk that we took a wrong turn on that turned out to be about 7 k long. It was great. We didn't find ANY leeches.
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After lunch at Glenn Innes, the
Balancing Rocks 12k out of town. Fenced off, or no doubt people would push them over.
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SundayArmidale - Narrabri 315K
But first, a trip back a bit, to the
Wollomombi Falls![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYs5XiAT2vivns52bk65Ff8gEFeUura4DArZEwUC7pSj3POJCV_yLAYiQIEf_DfhplG_sIw5psJqoCmTsqJ-Z4g6a7EK_E3f-ipWcNIFKVB5Vit_Hs81ialUvtU77QWia3BGE-Goeo7Su/s320/Leg-3-Sunday.jpg)
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The bird in this picture is a
lyre bird. We think he is a liar bird. We saw/heard him imitate a kookaburra, a crow, a whip bird, a rifle bird and a magpie.
David Attenborough likes him, but. I knew you wouldn't believe me if I didn't post the YouTube link. Marvellous experience.
Sunday afternoonGunnedah = Koala capital of the world. Yeah right.
No visible koalas in the wild, and not surprisingly, not much of anything else.
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Late Sunday AfternoonA rush to get to the
Warrumbungles before sunset. We never did find the breadknife, but after running (well, trotting) about a kilometre up a track with all the other visitors going in the other direction, the sun set, and suddenly put on a show for us. It was a wonderful, serendipitus moment.
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Narrabri to home via the
Australia Telescope.
535 kilometres
Total trip (not counting adventures and getting lost: 1660 kilometres
Meet the astronomers:
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(I do have pictures of them with the telescopes - just not as pretty)
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Silly sheep, chasing kangaroos. Don't the sheep know they're herbivores?