Dunn's Swamp Wollemi National Park

Dunn's Swamp - No sign of Shrek here



Three Wise Monkey's in a cave Dunn's Swamp


Sunday 1st May 2011..... A date we thought would never arrive. Much planning, preparation, thought, packing (un-packing) and talking has gone into this trip for us Smith's.
12:07pm departure time from "Leigh Park" . Right on time!!!! Camper trailer in tow, two big and three small Smith's on board. Dunn's Swamp here we come! A nice smooth, incident free trip, it felt like we were just popping out west for a weekend away, when in fact we are away for a whole 4months (who does that?) we still can't believe that this trip is finally happening.

A nice camp in the bush with a campfire (and a pit toilet - it's just like an en suite site) We have decided that Dunn's Swamp should not only be known for it's 3km of pristine weir. But also known for it's rocks. Really big rocks. Actually they are more like boulders. Complete with fantastic caves, hiding places and great views. Scribbly Gums as far as the eye can see and who needs TV when you can sit around the campfire toasting yet another marshmallow (yep too many of the warm sticky things stuck onto the end of a stick can make you feel quite unwell) and watch 'Possum TV'  This place is full plenty of wildlife who all like to party after dark, we sat around the campfire and shone the torch on about 10 possums running around playing and fighting in the dark. Who needs a television to keep you amused? Possum's also like the taste of plastic, Geoff disturbed one attempting to break into our fridge by way of gnawing through the plastic in the middle of the night. (thankfully it didn't get too far)

We've had some yummy meals...Roast Chook in the camp oven, cheese and tomato cruskits, leaf tea in the billy, stir fry and bacon and egg sandwiches. ( Jamie Oliver eat your heart out). And to top off the meal to end all meals we dined on a fine feast of Yabby's, Geoff and the kids set some of our nets and came back with their catch of five, (we won't be exceeding the 200 daily Yabby limit) we boiled them up in billy and enjoyed them for breaky. Too yum.

The brave members of the family dunked themselves in the water for a swim, Marley being one of them - yep you maybe surprised but she went for a swim with Geoff, The water was only about 14 degrees. Rest of us were too chicken.

We've explored the place with a few bush walks covering quite a few kilometers, causing some of the smaller members of the family to have aching legs at the end of the day, and during the bush walk. Time to move on though, we are off to Mudgee to stock up on groceries, wash some clothes and to have a shower (oooooh I am looking forward to that!!!)

Stay tuned.
Missing you all