We are now turning north and heading for home, but there are a few stops to be enjoyed before we get there in a couple of weeks time.

Our main objective was to get to Gloucester, to have three nights exploring the Barrington Tops NP.

We turned off the New England Hwy at Singleton and followed some rural roads that took us 145 km to Dungog for an overnighter.

The highlight in Dungog is of course the new statue of Doug Walters outside the Information Centre, just unveiled last year (2025).

Every one of course knows who Doug Walters is! One of Australia’s greatest cricketers and Dungog’s favourite son.

He was born in the Dungog area and played cricket here before being selected at 17 to play for NSW and later at 19 for Australia, against the old foe England in 1965-66. He made a 155 in his first innings.

In the 1968-69 series against the West Indies he became the first player to score a double hundred and a hundred in his two innings in a test.

We stayed the night in the Dungog Showground, nobody else did, before moving on the next day to Gloucester.