Sydney five-day NSW loop · Mudgee, the Oxley and Thunderbolts Way

1. Richmond
2. Mount Tomah Botanic Garden Cafe at the top of the Bells Line of Road, cool air and a good first coffee.
3. Lithgow
4. Capertee The Capertee Valley opens up on your left, one of the widest canyons in the world.
5. Rylstone Sandstone main street and a good lunch stop.
6. Mudgee Night 1. Wine town with plenty of pubs and rooms.

1. Gulgong Gold-rush town, the face on the old ten-dollar note. Coffee on the main street.
2. Dunedoo
3. Binnaway Quiet country road through the cattle and sheep country.
4. Coonabarabran Night 2. Gateway to the Warrumbungles. Dark skies, so stay for the stars.

1. Gunnedah
2. Tamworth Lunch and fuel before the climb onto the tableland.
3. Walcha Night 3. Up the Moonbi Range onto the tableland, cool even in summer.

Walcha — Toilets · BBQ · Picnic table

1. Nowendoc Thunderbolts Way: empty, sweeping and rarely busy. Fuel up first.
2. Gloucester Lunch under the Barrington Tops.
3. Stroud
4. Dungog Night 4.

1. Cessnock
2. Wollombi The Wollombi Tavern is the lunch stop.
3. St Albans The Settlers Arms is the pub. Settlers Road out of here is the best corners of the trip.
4. Wisemans Ferry Free cable ferry across the Hawkesbury.
5. Sydney Home.