We had a peaceful night and a slow start to our morning. A little rain fell overnight but it was dry when we walked across to the Long Track Pantry for coffee and breakfast. The shop also sells food and wine, clothing and quirky gifts.
I gave Blue and Tilly a quick run before driving to the dump site, another appreciated essential for this rest area. After yesterday’s long day we didn’t want to tackle the drive around Sydney on busy motorways. Instead we looked for caravan parks on the southern side of Sydney to reduce the distance we will have to drive to get to the other side of Sydney, and far enough north to find a caravan park not too far off the highway.
The Mittagong CP was already booked out, so we settled on a powered site at the Big4 Governor’s Hill Carapark in Goulburn. We like the fact the caravan park is on a hill as it poured with rain from the minute we left Jugiong until we reached Goulburn. Even the Hume Hwy has some potholes and rough section of roadway.
Fortunately we only had to contend with light rain while we refuelled in town and set up camp. Our site is small so we had to unhook. As the site slopes downhill I used straps and screw pegs for extra security.
We had a late lunch of baked beans on toast sprinkled with Parmesan cheese, otherwise known as gourmet baked beans! I put some washing on in the park laundry and used the dryer.
This part of NSW is covered by a severe weather warning. By 6.30pm the weather worsened with heavy rain, small hail, and gusting winds. Damaging north westerly winds up to 95kph have been forecast.
After that patch of red and yellow on the radar had passed over, a severe thunderstorm was cancelled but the severe weather warning remains for tonight.
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