After the wine tasting in Mudgee we drove to the Warrumbungle National Park where we set up camp at Camp Blackman. This is a rather large camp ground with some very nice campsites and even a few powered sites. After dinner we headed to Warrumbungle Observatory where Peter Starr gave us an introductions to the stars on the night sky. I even got to take some pictures with my camera straight through the telescope.

We initially had planned to do the Breadknife – Grand High Tops walk the next day. But we had a bit of a slow start in the morning and decided to do the shorter bush walk up to Fan’s Horizon from where we enjoyed a fantastic view over some of the great features of the Warrumbungle National Park. On the way back to the camp ground we stopped into Siding Spring Observatory where we got to see the telescope and another stunning view over the Warrumbungles.

On the way back to Sydney we stopped in the Hunter Region to taste some more wine. This experience left me a bit disappointed as most of the places felt very commercial and were done up like shiny flagship store, not like working wineries… Robyn Drayton from Robyn Drayton Wines was the stand out of the day. I’m already looking forward to a special occasions to enjoy her famous white port with a slice of lime.