Sunday April 10th saw us get an early start to the Warrumbungles National Park. We headed West out of the camp and then south to join the highway to Coonabarabran. We stopped at info center for directions and grabbed a few groceries before heading out the 40Km to Camp Blackman at the Warrumbungles National Park. Not the best road but all sealed. Got there around lunch and checked in at Park Office. Stayed in the newer part of the camp which has lovely pull though powered sites (no water). Has full showers and toilet block however. As we checked in quite early we went to the Sliding Spring Observatory which is only 10km from park. Couldn't see much from lookout but the displays were very interesting and the main telescope was massive.
Monday morning April 11th saw us have a good breakfast and set off on the Breadknife-Grand High Tops walking trail. This was about 12Km return with a huge climb to the top. We counted 600 plus manmade steps but also had Kilometers of paved path that climbed steadily. Reached the top in about 2 hours. The views are outstanding as you can see in all directions from he top. Lots of great pictures! We enjoyed a picnic lunch we packed at the top and enjoyed the views for a while before starting back down. If anything the down was worse than the climb up given our aching legs. We completed in about 2 hours and believe me we didn't want to tackle it again right away! We enjoyed a hot shower and a foot soak that night. Turned in at about 7PM. We met a few people on the walk and talked to them later and they all reported the same results. Great walk and well worth it but turned in early and were a bit sore the next day. Definately recommended!
Next day Tuesday April 12th saw us get a bit later start and we decided to do a couple of short walks. First up was the Whitegum Lookout walk which is 1KM return. Unfortunately we discovered at lookout that we didn't have a memory card in he camera so after retrieving from the car it was a 2KM walk. Very nice views of the peaks we had climbed the day before and well worth the effort. We then tried the Burbie Canyon walk which was only supposed to be 2KM. Somehow it turned out to be 4KM. Not a bad walk but not up to he standards or views of the other two we took. The total 6KM felt like the 12KM the day before given our sore legs to begin with. Headed back to camp and had another foot soak. I think we made it to 9PM that night. We decided we had seen most of what we wanted to see so decided to leave the next morning for Dubbo.
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