It’s the Easter school holidays so that means only one thing - its time to travel!
Last year we had planned to go on a big adventure to Western Queensland with Michael and Karen, but sadly that didn’t eventuate - not because of COVID19 as you might expect, but because of floods!
This year it was looking a little like the trip might again not go ahead - and again because of rain. Given the recent Brisbane floods, and then the continuation of rain into NSW and out in Western Queensland, many roads have flooded, and still have not re-opened. Fortunately though enough are open that we are able to make our trip.
We left Brisbane at 7am on the first day of the holidays and set off for Warwick, where we would meet Michael and Karen. We originally had planned to go through Dalby but the floodwaters through there put paid to that. We met in Warwick at the Coffee Club at 9am and had a second breakfast! I was quite shocked at how cold it was in Warwick and thinking about what I’ve packed, and where we were going, I realised I would need another pair of jeans! So I rushed into Rose City to Big W and bought a cheap pair of jeans to wear around the campfire.
We then went on the Newell Highway towards Inglewood and then Goondiwindi, fuelling up at every available opportunity, and then on the Barwon highway from one end to the other. It was such a long day driving, especially as Gertie doesn’t have cruise control, and because I had not slept at all the night before (like, NOT. AT. ALL) it was very tiring. I had to have Russell take over later in the afternoon (but then he later made me swop back, so it was very difficult!). We stopped off at the Nindigully pub en route - that was such a cute place! The town itself is tiny, a basic, blink and you’ll miss it type place, on the bank of a tiny creek - which was flooded by the way. There’s a memorial there to the Paperback Hero movie, as apparently this movie was filmed there. The pub is so iconic - loads of Australiana on the walls, namely Akubra hats - and really very atmospheric. I enjoyed it very much.
We continued on towards Thrushton National Park, to the homestead camping group, and got there not long before dusk. Mike and Cath had already arrived and set up camp. Their set up is awesome - they have a ‘box’ on the back of their Ute tray that basically is custom-made, and houses their entire set up; kitchen, drawers for clothes; waeco; food - anything they need. Their tent is a rooftop tent that goes above it. The tray can be raised up and they can drive their Ute out from underneath, leaving their tent site set up. It really is amazing.
We cooked up our dinner and Mike got a fire going. It was really a very pleasant evening after a tiring day.
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