Day 8
Well 1 week down, let's hope many more to go. After leaving Glebe Weir, we filled up at Moura and had lunch just west of town at the Dawson River rest area.
We spoke to a bloke there who had just paid $1.09 for diesel at Banana. He reckons he'll take his receipt to the depot at Rocky where he usually gets his fuel and ask why they charge him more where it gets received than out west where it gets delivered to.
From there we went to Baralaba where we stayed for 3 nights. Very nice camping and rest area on the backs of the Dawson River. Lots of bindii but water in the river was lovely and clean, didn't catch anything but not for want of trying. Showers and toilets were nice and clean, much to the credit of the council guys that handle the upkeep of them. We spoke to a couple of them and they were really nice blokes. They said ignore the 48hour rule, they think some of the southern visitors made that up to have the park for themselves when they come up to stay, there's no limit as long as you respect the park and town.
From Baralaba, we drove to Blackwater to pick up some groceries and mail off some of Erin's school work. We had planned to go to Blackdown Tableland NP for the next few nights but had forgotten about Labour Day long weekend and it was fully booked until Monday. We decided to stay at Duaringa Rest Area until everyone goes back to work.
Apart from previously mentioned mattress and tonneau cover, the camper is working out well. Still contemplating changes to the canvas area but keeping all things in mind at the moment. As for the trip, so far so good. It's relaxing, scenery's great, I like the small towns and it certainly beats working for a living, which is what I'll be doing when we get to Townsville, if only for a short time.
We will try and upload some photos soon, the cameras have certainly had a workout. Trying to decide which ones to upload is the hard part.
Geoff
