Wednesday Feb 3 - we finally left!

After a year or so of planning we gave Carl a hug and finally managed to leave home.  We exited the Northern Beaches in a westerly direction at around 5pm; not as early as hoped but not as late as feared.


After dinner in Katoomba (Thai at the top of the main street - highly recommended) we then tried for our favourite not-quite-legal secret camping spot but were thwarted by a locked gate.  Perry's Lockdown seemed like a good alternative - turns out the campsite hasn't reopened since the bushfires but we made sure we parked away from the "Camping Prohibited" signs!

Nice view in the morning...







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