New Year Getaway - 4th to 8th January 2021

[Dave]

Hi All,

Got an email about the weather email, and I know, I’ve been looking at it all week. Some rain is forecast, most on Monday and Tuesday, so we may well get wet driving over the Barringtons and up to Nundle. That said, they only had 3mm at Barrington in the past 24 hours, so hopefully it is a bit drier inland.

If we are advised of road closures around the Barringtons, there are alternatives if eg we can’t get to Polblue. I’ll be checking when we get to Gloucester. Just checked the Nat Parks website, some trails closed due to rain, but the main Barrington Tops Forest Road (our route) is open. LiveTraffic NSW reports Barringtons open, Hunter Rd (Moonan Flat to Nundle on Tuesday) open. And our route out of Nundle on Thursday also currently open. Gloucester Nat Parks office is one block from the car park where we will meet, I’ll drop in and check with them.

Worst comes to worst, we stay on tar on Monday, drive up Thunderbolts Way to Nowendoc and camp there. We’ll change our National Park booking from Barrington Nat Park / Polblue, to Nowendoc Nat Park/ Jackie Barkers Campground. If we need to change anything we can do it with Nat Parks in Gloucester.

In other news, I just spoke with Nundle Caravan Park. They are still looking forward to seeing us – as long as none of us are showing any Covid symptoms! As was Club policy in 2020, if you are feeling unwell, please let me know and please don’t come along. I don’t think any of us are from the Northern Beaches (still locked down), I’m from Croydon, but have not intersected any of the concerned venues and am not part of the extended family (my temp right now is 36.2 degrees and I feel fine), so the plan is to continue with the trip unless Sydney gets locked down.

Last but not least, Ali just texted me to say he is starting a new job on Monday, so we are down to 7 Jeeps.

See you Monday, drive safe! Remember to bring Face Masks! Now mandatory in shopping centres etc and there are shops, a museum, a pub and a wool mill in Nundle!

Dave