Wednesday 3rd September.
Upon waking up around 7:00am we discovered we were in the midst of a full drop of snow. The surrounding grass, trees, fences and picnic shelter roofs were all covered by a thick blanket of powder snow. What a magnificent sight. I dressed quickly and went outside to take photos etc. The snow was still falling, enough to make me quite wet by the time I came back inside the motorhome where the outside temperature was showing zero degrees.
We had a quick cup of tea to warm up then extracted ourselves from the camp with no difficulties.
During our progression down the mountain and back to the New England Highway we passed more snow and some lovely photo opportunities before dropping below about 900 metres and the snow line.
As Tamworth is only about 60 km's away we decided to go there for breakfast at McDonalds, arriving around 9:30am. We then checked out all the shops in the CBD of Tamworth where the sun was actually shining now and quite pleasant.
The afternoon travel continued on the New England Highway to about 20 km's north of Scone where we set up for overnight at Burning Mountain.
Sometimes, the quiet corners of a state hold the biggest surprises. Burning Mountain Nature Reserve is tucked away off New England Highway, but make the stop in your car and what you’ll discover is an ancient phenomenon right beneath your feet.
Apparently there are only three naturally burning coal seams in the world – including this one.
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