On Saturday morning we were up bright and early and all packed up ready for Helen to drop us off at the rental car company in Katoomba. We had a car booked for 10am so we could drive up the NSW coast to Wauchope. It wasn't long before we had our Toyota Corolla processed and we were on our way. It is quite a trip to Wauchope which is nearly 400km north of Sydney and inland 10km from Port Macquarie.
We had our mapping system all logged into our iPad so it was just a matter following the instructions. We chose to go a slightly longer route to avoid the busy Sydney roads so we headed west to Mt Victoria and then went across the Darling Causeway and onto the Bells Line of Road. This took us down into Richmond, a Western Sydney suburb and from there onto the motorway to the north. We had one slow patch until we reached the M1 and then we were up and away at 110km per hour for most of the trip.
By 12:30pm we found a lovely rest area to stop for our lunch on the Hawkesbury River. The day was starting to feel very warm and so we settled ourselves under a tree and enjoyed watching all the activity going on. It was a very busy spot especially for boating and we watched several boats launched.
We contined on our way, with one more rest break close to Tyree. From there it was just another good hour to Wauchope and after 6 and a half hours we were pleased to arrive. Unfortunately Joy wasn't there to meet us as she works at the RSL club on a Saturday night but Pete was there to welcome us and make us a much needed cuppa. Later on we thought we would go down to the Club and check out where Joy works and check out the food. We had a very nice meal and certainly gave Joy a surprise.
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