So… finally we’re away on our five week shakedown trip to Mungo National Park. Accordingly… in the days before we left our septic system kept tripping its circuit breaker and our kitchen sink blocked up requiring continual plunging to keep clearing it. Problems deferred for the time being… Mungo awaits.

First stop, an overnighter at Jugiong Showground. Jugiong is a perfect little country village just off the highway  between Yass and Gundgai.

The showground is a no booking, donation camp site with a huge amount of space where you choose your own site. When we arrived there were probably fifty camps already set up and it still looked relatively empty. We snaffled a nice grassy area by the Murrumbidgee  River.

There followed a relaxing afternoon with a quick nap prior to happy hour and a raucous chorus of sulphur crested cockatoos. Happy hour at 5:00 to celebrate the first day and many days to come…

The next morning was breakfast at the Long Track Pantry just across the road. We both had the Brekkie Roll, which was your basic bacon, egg and cheese roll but with a sweeter bun and pancetta instead of bacon. Very, very nice and the coffee was very good… smooth, good temp. and not bitter (no sugar required).

After a satisfying brekkie… a quick pack up and off to Narrandera.