The Blue Mountains were beautiful and Leura village centre was quaint but today it was time to move on so 620 Kms later I am in Armidale staying at a cheap and cheerful hotel above a very noisy bar but I could not face another night in the van, I must be getting soft, last time I had no problems.
The journey up here was interesting, a lot of bush but also farmland and also coal mines, power stations in the middle of nowhere and vineyards. I did meet a few of the local hillbillies but sadly they were more Granny Clampett rather than Daisy Duke.
Armadale is a small town but even so the bars/restaurants were busy even on a Thursday night, I could come back to places like this to meet the locals and explore the plethora of antique and secondhand shops but it would be nice to have more time to do it, we shall see.
The temperature got up to 33 C today, thank God for AC in the car, I did manage to put up with 30C without AC but above that it was just too much and it only gets warmer the further north I go.
I have booked a hotel again at my next stop Toowomba, i will try the van again when the backache goes.
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