I’ve been travelling a bit for work lately, it has its benefits. I was stationed at Orange NSW for two weeks and there’s no guessing what I did during the weekend in between (18th & 19th August).
Ophir is a place I’ve wanted to visit for quite a number of years but it’s just never happened, in all honesty my preferred method to get there is via crossing the Macquarie River at Dixons Long Point, then following the track to Ophir. Plans don’t always go ones way.
Ophir is one of those old gold mining towns, in fact it is where the first significant gold was discovered in Australia. As the title to this post suggests, it’s been one to tick off the list and I will more than likely not return.
The campground is quaint and quite smallish with limited spots, it had been three months of no rain in the locality and as usually is the case the weekend when I’m camping there was a fair bit of rainfall leading in. With limited spots and the only other campers in the ground taking the best spot we had to settle for second best.
As you can see from the photo above it was quite muddy. Needless to say, it’s always great to be away camping regardless of the weather.
The fire was big and nights were cool, I’m glad to report that I didn’t get followed by campfire smoke this time around – for some strange reason smoke has a fixation with me and wherever I sit or stand it will morph toward me.
Unfortunately for me I ended up with covid the week following, which probably explains my lack lustre experience.
Bon voyage till the next camp!
The fire was good on both nights but especially the second night. You should have highlighted your breaking in of the new chainsaw. Both your new one and my new one went well.