We headed down through the Lyons Rd to Kyogle and continued on to Grafton. We arrived at the camp ground after 6 hrs (with some little stops on the way and about a 1 hr 4wd only track) at 6:30 pm to find we had the place to our selves. Due to the remoteness of the destination this was a little daunting, and as it turn out we did not run into another vehicle out there until we were leaving on the Sunday morning.
The camp ground was very scenic, with great swimming and even some rapids for the adventuress. We choose to camp up in the National Parks Campground, but if you wish you can camp close to the river. There is still plenty of evidence of the 2011 flood that affected the whole of the Clarence River system with trees pushed over 5+ metres up the bank.
The river
The camp ground
We stayed there Friday and Saturday nights. The rain came in on Saturday afternoon and I had a pretty sleepless night waking to every shower knowing that I had a step red dirt/clay climb out of the camp ground the next morning. Fortunately we made it without to many dramas.
The rest of Sunday was spent driving along the Old Glen Innes Rd. This was well maintained dirt road with only a few corrugated sections, but the scenery was pretty amazing. They call this big river country. We followed along many of these rivers, all with one thing in common, they drain into the Clarence. These were not just little streams like we find at the head of our local rivers, and all showed alot of damage from the 2011 flood. When you weren't following the river, you were passing through some very pretty farm land and the area felt quite remote.
I didnt take too many photos of this part of the trip, but I did manage these
Tommy's Lookout (he must have been a mountain goat as we climbed the best part of 500m over 4km with the most Woo Boys I have ever encountered)
And finally this was just a little stream where we had afternoon tea
We had planned to camp somewhere on the way home, but the weather forecast was not great so we drove the four hours back to Brisbane.
I think this area might be a good idea for a longer club touring trip. This area is really the most northern tip of the Coffs Harbour 4wd area, it would be very easy to start with this drive and then head further south into more of the National Parks and State Forests.
