In any case, just after eight we were on the rod, planning a visit to the hat shop in Coonabarabran, something for breakfast and lunch from the bakery and a day exploring the Warrumbungles.
The hat shop, to be frank, was a disappointment, but at least we gave it a go, and Madam's croissant and my meat pie from the Bakery were enough to keep us going in the interim.
I'd been in favour of consuming them in the car in the main street, based largely on the theory that I might have an excuse to head back to the Bakery for a resupply if I was still peckish, but I was overruled and we ate beside the Information Centre, which had decided to open earlier than the advertised nine o'clock, so we were able to get a couple of handy pointers about suitable walks in the Warrumbungles.
And, for visitors to the area, some pointers are pretty close to an essential commodity.
The Warrumbungles National Park leaflet identifies a dozen walks, varying from 7-8 hours to a mere forty minutes, and making a selection straight off the brochure wouldn't be too difficult, based on the reported time required and the designated degree of difficulty, but it's handy to have an idea of what you're likely to be seeing along the way.
Information Centre Lady pointed us to three walks and a fourth site that had good views but didn't involve a great deal of walking.
Easily the best of them, and the one I'd recommend if you're just passing through and only have time for one, is the Whitegum Lookout, a return trip of around a kilometre along a sealed path that leads to a vantage point looking across the most noted features of the Warrumbungles, complete with a pictorial representation of what you're looking at that delivers convenient labels and a brief descriptive text.
While White gum might be fine as a single stop, you'd be missing quite a bit if you kept it at that (and, of course, we missed quite a bit by opting for a single day in the area).