The day had finally arrived and the excitement was palpable! Let Wild Adventure 2 begin!! We aimed to leave at 0700hrs at Holsworthy…..so told everyone to be there at 0630… Gordon and Kerry took pole position at 0635 followed by us at 0640. Rose and Dave nailed it at 0700hrs….but the Hackies dropped the ball due to an all-nighter cake effort by Annette.  The morning was misty and cool adding to the excitement.

It was all good until Branch showed up in the Wells vehicle with their rear camera showing “no signal”….MacGyver Loveday found the issue – no surprises…a loose cable.

After a couple of group shots and a Gordie toilet stop we were on our way.

First stop the Hydro Majestic for coffee. The view down the Megalong Valley was spectacular with low cloud filling the valley.

On to Wellington for lunch aiming to get to our free camp at Nyngan Weir by 430 so we could set up in daylight. We arrived at Wellington…. Ostensibly to eat a quick lunch and continue on.. but nothing is always as it seems. There was some heat coming from the Wells rear end …something that is meant to keep things cool was getting very hot! The fridge now seemed not to be working even on gas! Branch hopped out for a sneaky look as he was concerned if detected he may get flung into the fountain nearby! It appeared that the 12 pin connecter into the car had heated up and affected the fridge which was now not working. After a few frantic attempts at sorting out the cause the decision was made to eat lunch, turn on all our portable fridges to enable rescue of the Wells supplies and push on to Nyngan free camp hoping that when we get to Broken Hill on Monday afternoon an autoelectrician could be sourced to fix the issue.

As we drove on to Nyngan thunderclouds appeared on the horizon… despite the fact that NSW is in drought and the landscape was very dry and barren… it began to rain!! We arrived at the free camp location at Nyngan – what an awesome spot! Right by the river with plenty of room so we set up and enjoyed happy hour.

Surprisingly the Wells fridge had kicked back into life but disaster is never far away. Right from the “get go” (or was that “gecko” Rosie??) there was action in the camp…..Gordie lit up his barbeque…literally and flames shot up right next to the caravan. Quick thinking Kerry raced around to turn off the gas…Branch did not even appear as it was all over in an instant… Gordie did remind us at that moment of Russell Coight.

Gordie’s fire addiction was somewhat satisfied as we sat around the fire after dinner once the rain had eased… it doesn’t get much better than this!