The Border Region

With 14 days to fill we decided to linger longer around the NSW/Qld border region. It is getting quite cool at night but the days have been mostly sunny and warm.

It is a beautiful part of the country with plenty of mountain scenery, rivers, granite outcrops and waterfalls. We free camped along the Gwyder River at Bingara NSW after leaving Narrabri, for 3 nights along with heaps of NSW vanners all waiting to enter into Qld for their yearly migration north seeking warmer weather. We had some great neighbours and fun chats and walks.

Organ pipes at Sawn Rocks

A 20 minute walk into town along the river.....superb fairy wren played around our car

Roxy Theatre in Bingara is now a museum

6 nights on the Damaresq River at Texas after crossing the border, 

Border control 24/7 by police and army personnel, we got through with our “residential A” passes with no problems

The camp was on the river next to the check point as the Dameresq River is the border

We shared the reserve with a herd of big black cows

Town was a 20 minute walk, great pizza, lovely people and very pretty and tidy

3 nights at Foxbar Falls near Stanthorpe, this is a relatively new campground, privately owned (has been in family for 100 years this year) on a working carrot and onion farm. Plenty to do, lots of walks, 

 firstly Foxbar Falls, little water but just as well as granite is very slippery when wet, lovely granite colour and formations

Then Sow and Pig Rock (top right photo) steep at first but easy climb. Mt Ferguson bottom right photo

View from Sow and Pig over to campground and lakes


Then Mt Ferguson loop. Yikes ....  easy climb up but steep and slippery climb down the other side back to the falls

We were allowed to pick carrots...they were the sweetest we have ever had...straight from the farm to the plate within the hour.

Next time we would camp on the sunny side, but we did not have a choice as it was all going to be booked out by Friday night, and we were leaving Saturday, so were lucky to get our 3 nights mid week.

Free use of equipment too


and 2 nights at Killarney to see the Queen Mary Falls in Main Range NP.  It was a few kilometres around the falls circuit with rainforest views from both top and bottom.

Crimson Parrot in abundance


Killarney

CWA meeting house built iver a creek in the High St (Country Womens Assoc)


We are looking forward to meeting up with Jess and family for a bit of camping at Bigriggen Reserve in the Scenic Rim for a few days.  Finally....Yay!