Condamine

We drove to Condamine yesterday. It is apparently the home or start of the cow bell called the Condamine bell.

This is it, need a big bull for this one to fit.

Of course there was a cache there. 

 Silly me didnt check before hand and it had a dnf, while I was rummaging in the ute for a suitable container, Warren found it up high in a corner of the shelter.

There was an airport halfway back to Miles with anther xache there.

e container

K8ngaroy Cache Fest

 First caching event for geocaching Queensland, held at the showgrounds in Kingaroy.

We had gone to parkrun in Proston, 60kms away but made it back for the offical opening and cutting of the ribbon by the mayor.

Sheridan had made the peanut. It was the second one, first had been attacked by the president dog and torn to shreds. 

The two ends unscrewed with a pink ribbon to be cut.

The mayor dresses in pink all the time and as it is pink month October for breast cancer the ribbon was pink and so were the scissors.

Cache fest concluded on Monday morning with an annoucement the next one would be in a years time in Cairns, following a mega in Maryborough Easter 2028.

Kingaroy lookout

 Our first day in Kingaroy for the Cache fest was spent doing adventure labs. One took us to the airport, that was a walk around then another invovled driving to a lookout.

Could see all around

Nice picnic tables and plenty of space.

60 metres up the concrete path, Lucy was in her element, she enjoyed running up and down.

a massive thistle, some were a metre high with pretty purple flowers.

Last stop for this adventure lab was the giant peanut as Kingaroy is peanut country as well as the home of Joe Blenogy Peterson, a famous pollie from years ago but still remembered for his down to earth policies and straight talking.

Proston

 Another small township in the country. We stayed here three years ago for a parkrun. When our event was at Kingaroy for the weekend, we needed a parkrun reasonably close.

Choices were Wondai, done in June, Nanago done in March or Proston. Kingaroy, although bigger does not have a parkrun.

Even though Proston was further out, 57kms or an hour was the chosen one, its also the smallest so got to be a help for them.

A lookout just out of town, great views.

Toilet block with fountain outside of it.

Parkrun had thirteen "runners" I did one and a bit laps, 3.20kms

Hivesville

 A small township outside of Kingaroy. It does have a pub, a couple of shops, a memorial park for fallen soldiers and a nice looking toilet block.

We have had the opportunity to drive through this small hamlet five times in the last ten days. Two were going to and from Proston for a parkrun and the others times were doing loops around the area to find caches.

In the park was a bee sculture.

Caravan impovements

 Warren has been working on the outside of the van. It was pretty tired looking so he took off the red stripe and painted it white. Certainly made a difference. He was going to paint the red stripe back but it may just get left. 

I wanted a clock and a radio but apparently there was no room to put it. I did get the clock last time we were out.

Then he bought foam to make a bigger bed for Lucy, the caravan sofa wasnt very big. 

 

Grand final day

 Brisbane lions against Fremantle from Western Australia. First time that Freo had been to a grand final since entering the comp 32 years ago.

Brisbane has won the last two grand finals and were hoping for a three-peat. Not sure if that is an actual word but footy fans have coined it. 

Our son is a member of the Lions and had to go into a ballet to see if they could get tickets to the game. They had booked flights several weeks before.  As usual he was lucky enough to get tickets. Grand final is always played at the MCG Melbourne. The comp started as the Victorian Football  league and has morphed into AFL, Australian.

The singing budgie, Kylie Minoghue was the entertainment before the game.

The middle of the MCG. Melbourne Cricket Ground

This was the second outfit.

Up close and personal.

Very big footy

She was suspended quite high.

Finally the game started and it was a good game with several lead changes. No fights and on injuries except one. Freo's captain was chasing after the ball and suddenly his achillies snapped and he went to the ground, no one else near him. Of course he was out for the rest of the game. 

Brisbane were 17 points behind with six minutes to go, people were thinking that Freo were going to walk away with it when suddenly the game turned on its head and Brisbane kicked four goals in those last few minutes.

Three peat had come to Brisbane, tshirts have been printed with the three cups on the front.

A week later, the coach has announced his retirement. Hes 65 and been there ten years and the only coach at that level who did not play AFL himself.

It will be a blow to the club as the players and fans loved him but I think hes doing the right thing going out on a high.