“We’re on the road again”
Having packed up the van the last night of
the rally, we were ready to leave 7:00 AM on Monday before the exodus from the
grounds. We had set our sights on Texas, Queensland for the days destination.
Our first stop was at Sawn Rocks on the road to Bingara. These are more of the
same rocks that we saw at Battery Rocks but they stood about 15 mts high.
Travelling on we next stopped at Warialda for morning tea & a much needed
rest. After an hours break we set off for Texas (the town is in Q’land but the
rest stop is in NSW) arriving around 1:30. It’s just a large grassed area but
we enjoy coming here, it is a very friendly town with a shower block in the
middle of the main street.
Being on Q’land time we made an early start
next morning, thank goodness, as around 8:00 the winds started picking up. We
drove till 9:30, unable to exceed 65KPH without being blown off the road as the
area we were travelling in was composed of vast plains from horizon to horizon (why
are these winds never blowing in the direction we’re travelling?) by that time
we were at the Cecil Plains rest stop.
Finding a nice area on the bank of the Condamine River we stopped for the day
& experienced gale force winds & storms for the rest of the day. We
read books, watched telly & slept, very relaxing.
The next morning the weather was kind to us
& we set off for Nanango. Stopping at Kingaroy we detached the Suzy &
went sightseeing, not a lot to see, went to the lookout, saw the peanuts
growing, checked out the silos’ & lastly the town, had morning tea &
continued on. Nanango was a nice little town & our internet friends place
was easy to find. They had 450 acres, a few cows, a horse & 2 dogs, Lulu
kept her distance from the larger animals. We found the people even nicer in
the flesh & we had a great day with them, staying overnight.
Only 225K’s to Noosa now & we arrived
at Liz’s brothers before before lunch. Detaching Suzy we went into town, Noosa
is such a vibrant place, busy, things happening, attractive to see. It was
great to see the ocean again & drive alongside the river, unfortunately on
the way home we got lost as we always seem to do. We call it the city of
roundabouts, most of which seem to have 5 or even 6 entries & we can never
remember the way we went in, anyway we eventually found the right way &
arrived a bit flustered but happy to be there.
Peter & Chris were as always, the
perfect hosts & the 2 years since we have seen them disappeared in a
minute. We are staying 5 days so we have plenty of time to look around, there
is a triathlon on Sunday & the population has exploded to 40,000. The place
is crowded, almost impossible to park & having a coffee is an experience.
We ate out on Saturday evening at a place Pete had booked & you could feel
the pulse of life in the city. Monday we caught up with an X Central Coast
friend after 8 years.
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| Sawn Rocks |
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| Condamine River |
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| Condamine River |
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| Peanut silos' at Kingaroy |
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| Eumundi pub |
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| Main street, Noosa |
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| Noosa chanels |
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