Travelling North

Tuesday 2nd June
Up early, a good breakfast and in no time we had everything locked down and ready to roll. Slept well so we were ready for a day’s driving. Heading for Childers and Tom Tom (TT) says we can get there by 3.pm. With lunch and a few rest stops 4pm should be no problem. Certainly not much traffic on the roads. On and up through Warwick on the A3 to Toowoomba. Miss read TT so made a bit of a scenic tour through the back streets, as Beatrice explained I really must take notice of TT and not try and know better. Having cleared Toowoomba we drove on through beautiful farm land, small hills in the distance corn fields, cultivated green corn fields not yet chopped. Lucerne hay under irrigation (looks like France with the yellow corn fields) Dead rabbits all over by the side of the roads. Signs stating there is a $30000.00 fine if you keep rabbits. No wonder they end up dead! School zones at 80ks and 70 ks on the main roads and only 40 on the side streets. Keeps the traffic moving much faster. Beatrice commented that may be the kids can run faster in Qld! (Sick) All very green and the dams appearing all to be full. Farm lands look great, many pine tree forests, some quite young others ready to be logged. Toowoomba is at quite at an altitude-they call it the Garden City. Saw alpacas grazing around Yarraman where we stopped for some lunch in a rest lay-by. Chatted to some other travellers and exchanged talk, where we were all going and had been, quite camaraderie amongst us all. This is also pig country. South Bernette we had some rain squalls. This is also a peanut region. Travelling well cruising at 85-90 have to keep reminding myself that I ‘m pulling a trailer.Musn’t get too confident! On ISIS Hwy past Ban Ban.Series of round hills like the Mendips in Somerset. The roads wind through small grassy hills down to the coast. This is where they say the coast meets the country. Spotted Brahman bulls and many other varieties. Heading for Biggenden to check out the caravan park there, didn’t like it as was right on the side of the road, so made for Childers. Pulled into Sugar Bowl Caravan Park for the night. Quite lucky to get a spot and had to basically set up on the front lawn to be joined by three others rigs that got the last spots. Not the best, very near the highway with many trucks passing heading to Bundaberg. Really quite good at setting up now and in no time we had our cup of tea and as it was getting dark decided to drive into Childers. Quite an historic town and one that has experienced a few tragedies, especially when the back packer’s hostel was destroyed by a fire bug and 16 backpackers were killed. The site has been rebuilt and a memorial has been set up to the lives lost. Other fires and lighting strikes have also contributed to its history. It looks well worth a visit in daylight so we’ll be back tomorrow to have another look. Back to the home and a cooked meal, red wine and write this blog that keeps me thinking and amused. Phoned ahead to 1770 to make a reservation for the next two nights as we want to ensure we have a place. Also want to be somewhere I (we) can watch the State of Origin. Whilst on the the phone to 1770 I was asked where I came from as he said there were too many New South Welshmen already staying there and he felt threatened! All in good humour! To bed and another day tomorrow.