Mudgee to Newcastle Area

To Newcastle and Area.

A trip to Cardiff near Newcastle was next for us to have the van serviced. We spent a couple of nights at the quiet little town of Sandy Hollow on the Golden Hwy, between Merriwa and Denman before staying at the Belmont Pines Caravan Park.

Lake Macquarie, Belmont, near Newcastle, NSW

While the van was being serviced we drove to Kurri Kurri and Cessnock. Kurri Kurri is the home of the Big Kookaburra and 52 murals  painted on buildings around the town, depicting the town's history.
Cessnock is a coal mining town as is Kurri Kurri.

Kurri Kurri, NSW

With the van serviced we were finally on our way northwards. We decided to avoid the coast road and headed to Singleton to collect our mail and then continued to Muswellbrook where we stayed for a couple of nights in the showground. Both towns are heavily involved in the coal mining industry.