After our visit to the Sunshine Coast, we retraced our steps from the past two weeks, but this time, we camped in different locations and covered more ground during our daily drives.
After leaving Gympie, we stopped again in Kilkivan to visit the butcher on the main street, where we bought more bacon, scotch fillet steak, and crumbed lamb cutlets, spending over $150.00. Our journey then took us through Goomeri, with a brief stop in Gayndah to purchase groceries, before heading to the Eidsvold Showground for the evening, so Ros could catch up on our laundry using our 4kg Camec washing machine. We used more water than the $20 fee covered for camping there that night.
Our travels the following day took us through Monto and Biloela, with a plan to camp at a place called Lake Victoria on Wiki. However, for the past two hours, we had travelled through rain, although once reaching the turnoff from the highway, the rain stopped. We took the dirt road for three kilometres before arriving at a gate to the lake turnoff, which was definitely black soil. With light rain falling again, we decided to abandon our planned stopover.
From there, we headed to Dululu, but after driving past the campsite, we decided it was not suitable for us. Therefore, we continued to Duaringa, where we had previously said we would never camp again because of the road noise. However, this time, we found a spot further from the highway.
From here, we passed through Blackwater and Emerald before stopping outside Alpha at a free camp. The site is close to the highway, but the road noise subsides in the early evening, allowing us to enjoy a peaceful and quiet night.
A short drive today of just over fifty-four kilometres to stay once again at Redbank Park outside Jericho, before heading through Barcaldine and on to Longreach for possibly two nights. It would be lovely to camp beside this waterhole at Redbank Park. Unfortunately, it would mean camping under towering river gums.
We previously mentioned the shocking condition of the roads in Queensland. Since leaving Gympie and passing Emerald, about eight hundred kilometres away, the roads have been a disgrace. The roads have improved considerably around Alpha and through to Jericho, and the rest of our trip over the next week or two will continue similarly.
We are again staying at Apex Park, five kilometres outside Longreach. Upon our early arrival this morning, we managed to secure an excellent site with the van sitting on dry grass, alongside a fence line that runs beside and behind the van. This means we will not be too worried if the wind picks up, as there is much less chance of being covered in dust, unlike two weeks ago.
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