The Last Day Of Our Road Trip To Dubbo
On the morning of our 7th day road trip to Dubbo, I was awake very early as I wanted to enjoy the grounds before we headed up to have breakfast in the restaurant before leaving.
Departing Dorrigo, we were originally going to travel down the mountain which was a beauitful drive calling into Bellingen but a friend suggested we do the inland road, she said it was a beautiful drive. So we set off, the road was narrow but had a good surface winding its way around corners down gullies, driving through some of Australians most beautiful National Parks
At the start of this journey as a result of the bush fire that had destroyed the Ebor Falls , it had also destroyed much of the rainforest around that formed a backdrop to Dorrigo. We did pass firetrucks that were continually patrolling the areas were the fires had burnt, many still smoldering, as we travelled further along the burn't areas were finished and the rainforests and national parks were delightful to drive through.That smell of freshness that is so evident when you walk through a rainforest, it was devine. Unfortunately with the road being narrow, there was so where to pull over to take photos but we kept moving, our eyes would keep drifting into the dense growth and sounds of these beautiful surroundings. It was slow travelling with the road being narrow and winding but eventually after nearly 2 hours of sheer blissful driving we arrived at Grafton, doing a quick swap over of drivers we continued onto Shambhala Gardens
By this time it was right on lunch time and it look enormous, we decided we wouldn't go to the Gardens as we felt for the entry cost we needed to have a full day there and not just a few hours, so we will plan to do this on another trip real soon. We decided to travell down the mountain which bought us out almost at Brunswick Heads
What a popular destination this was, and we were starving by this stage so decided to grab a burger and coffee before hitting the road again on our last leg home.
In November all those National Parks have now been totally destroyed by bushfires in November 2019. My heart is so broken as my passion for our wildlife, landscape, our unique fauna and flora has been destroyed by these vicious bushfires.
Australia is really unique, with about one million different native species. More than 80% of the country’s flowering plants, mammals, reptiles and frogs are unique to Australia, along with most of its freshwater fish and almost half of its birds. To elaborate a little more, 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 90% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians that inhabit the continent are endemic to Australia. The numbers that have perished in these bushfires is in the billions
I feel Lindy and I were meant to make that trip so we could see all this beauty before it was destroyed. My last photo of this post is of one of my favourite Aussies, I took this photo only a few months ago and am posting it for all those species that have perished in these horrific bushfires but also for those who have survived and to all their future generations.
Why do I feel I have failed to look after them and protect them?
