The Great Race – day 2 Dubbo to Bright

The Ovens River in Bright

Yes, it is clearly many days since day 1 of our trip south but we did make it.

While the Moyles were spending their Christmas days sharing their adventures with photos of the clan dining out, scuba diving, rock climbing and sailing from Sydney to Hobart we were in a wi-fi-free zone at the foot of the Alps eating apples and drinking locally roasted Sixpence coffee. At the same time, we watched a cricket game that involved a sprinkler, dishwashing liquid, long sheets of plastic and a peg or two.

It was a fleeting visit and with the car filled with pineapple lumps and the car packed with Wandi apples we were back on the road to Dubbo hoping to beat the Moyles home.

Distance

• 735 km and 9 and a half hours on the road

Animal watch

• We saw a black Illama walking beside the rail track in Dubbo. At first, the moment felt like we were in a scene from a Coen brothers movie but then you wonder where the animal has come from and we became increasingly concerned about its safety.