About Wallabadah
Wallabadah is tiny village that straggles along the New England Highway. It lies surrounded by fine wool, stud cattle and prime lamb country. It has two historic buildings but the main attraction, incongruous in the region, is the comprehensive and sophisticated First Fleet Memorial Garden where visitors can learn about the people who travelled to Australia on the First and Second Fleets. (sourced from the Aussie Towns website – click for more).
So along come 20 Bailey caravans into this picturesque campsite in the tiny NSW town of Wallabadah (maplink), and boy, did we fill it up quickly!
What a truly great campsite, which just about everyone in our group voted one of the nicest free-camps to visit ($10 donation please).
Situated next to the “First Fleet Gardens” on the Quirindi Creek, the campground accommodated our group well for just a one night stay.
The First Fleet Gardens are made up of eleven garden beds representing each of the ships which Captain Arthur Phillips led out to Australia to create the first settlement. Each garden bed has a story about the tenuous trip each ship undertook. I even found out there was a ship called Alexander!
It was also one of our Bailey buddy’s birthday while we were here – happy birthday Rosemarie
