15th May,
We left Kumbia this morning and headed down through Bell to
Dalby. We stopped at Dalby for fuel and
then continued on the Moonie Highway to Moonie. J. We went for a walk around this little
settlement. They have a Hotel with
garage, with a small caravan park
attached – dusty and very close to the road; a info centre across the road and
a small school. Darryl went into the
garage and got some hot chips for chip-butty and we had a lovely lunch.
We then continued on our way to Westmar. This is basically a cross-road with a pub and
a small motel out the back. There is a
huge camping spot across the road and the truckies stop here for a shower and a
meal and then continue on their way OR have their break. We found a nice spot tucked in amongst the trees
and close to the showers and toilet block.
16th May
We left Westmar this morning and headed down toward Talwood
and then turned west toward Nindigully.
We arrived just on lunch time and set up the van. On Monday night they had 40ml of rain and there
were about 10 vans and vehicles down in the VERY wet black mud…… Apparently they were charged $150 per rig to
be pulled out by the tractor. The mess
that was made of the ground was incredible.
They have now cordoned off the area and ask that no one park down
there. It is still very spongy underfoot
– so I could imagine how a 2 ½ tonne vehicle would sink.
We were waiting for the Happy Hour Gong to sound and
realised that at 4.45pm it wasn’t going to be rung L. This is one thing that we were really looking
forward to. The gong calling all
travellers together to enjoy a beer and some chat…..
Well we went up and had a beer or three and a good chat with
some of our fellow campers. We stayed
for dinner. The meals are still big BUT
(personally I don’t think) they are as big as they used to be. YES they do have the BIG (humungous) burgers
that need 20 people to eat them, but the other meals are becoming more
individual meal sized BUT the prices have increased….. L
Well we shared our money round anyway J
We stayed at Nindigully for two nights and could have stayed
longer but decided to move on.
18th May.
Drove up to St George this morning and stopped and got
fuel and some groceries supplies.
We then drove the 107km to Surat. This is a small town on the Balonne
River. We are staying at the Fishing and
Restocking Park which has flushing toilets and lovely fresh water and is 1km
out of town. So we have put some extra
water in the tanks. We both think that
the gauge for the water level is wrong as we have been gathering our grey water
and we have only used 30 litres over 4 days but the gauge is telling us we are
in the red (our tanks hold 190litres!!!!!)
Not sure what to do about that one….. Will talk to Pas when we get
back. Will just have to keep monitoring
our usage.
Buster is sleeping an awful lot lately. Not the energetic puppy of last year – except
if you get his walking lead out J. He seems to be stumbling over his own feet
more often too J
19th May.
Got down to 1.7 degrees overnight – no wonder I had to put
an extra blanket on the bed in the wee hours J
We went for the walk into town today and wandered through
the Cobb and Co museum and up to the Shire Hall and then back to the café come
General Store for lunch. We had a
hamburger each and a coffee which was consumed whilst sitting in the
sunshine. Very pleasant indeed. We then walked down to the river, though the
Memorial Park and back to the van. Took
us a whole 3 hours all up. Both Buster
and Darryl were exhausted when we got back :D
20th May
Hmmmm got down to 1.1 degrees last night. Had to put Busters extra coat and an extra
blanket on – poor puppy was shivering…….
Today we went into town to use the Laundromat and then
whilst they were working we went to the Shire Hall to the free showers – lovely
big cubicles and plenty of hooks to hang things on.
Back and collected the washing and then back to the van. Darryl decided he wanted to move the van so
that the panels got more sun on them. At
10.30 and they were already in the shade.
Yay I got to move the van and park it again BUT I have decided that I
must give Darryl some inservice on how to direct someone into a parking area….. Long story and too much to put here J :D
Anyway we managed to get the van moved and set up again
within the hour and then I could hang out the washing……..
It is now 3pm and all the washing is dry. They are predicting another lovely day
tomorrow – so we will stay and see if Darryl can manage to catch a Silver
Perch, Golden Perch or Murray Cod…..
He is out trying now….
Will try and up load photos when we reach Roma in a few days’
time as the reception here is fluctuating.
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