Cons - Peter, my friend and the person who hired the car, lives in Sydney... I live in Newcastle, so the long way home is double the long way for him, as he has to drive back to Sydney, once we resurfaced in Newcastle.
Pros - PIE! And cute little towns.
We decided to drive north west through Bilpin and out through Berowa then back up the F3 to Newcastle... Some how this didnt work out and we ended up coming out at Wollombi... Yes - This means we somehow went the longest possible way... down Putty Road and through Yengo National Park.
But at least Peter had a belly full of pie to tied him over. Our first stop was Bilpin. There is a big shed there (an apple orchard) Bilpin Apple Pie. OMG they have so many pies to choose from! its pie heaven really. I didn't get one (as I'm vegan) but Peter got a raspberry and apple pie - and it looks just divine! He said it tasted pretty much the same too.
We a belly full of pie, we get back on the road - Thinking we are going the right way... Our GPS iphone system failed us, so we just went with the road signs... Lucky we filled up before we left... 4 hours later, after driving through the most beautiful National Park I have seen in a while, we pulled out of the rainforest of the Watagans and into Wollombi.
I have been to Wollombi many times before. It is a famous little tour - VERY LITTLE town know for its excellent pub and dangerous 'jungle juice'. It is a great place for a weekend getaway - It has the Watagans, the Central coast on the Hunter valley wine region right at its down step.
