Day five

 Things were going so well, we packed up and left Cunnamulla. We had two caches to replace for a friend, one 26ks up the road we were travelling and one further up.

Dropped off the first one, two kms up the road, the spring on the camper broke, I felt it move but Warren was watching in the mirror and saw it drop on the left side.

RACQ to the rescue, they bought the van back, we booked into a cabin for three nights, hopefully it will be fixed by then. Warren got the food out of the freezer.

More caching tomorrow.

Money spent today $145 for a cabin.

Day four.

 Still in Cunnamulla. Our plan today was to walk the town. We watched many vans leave and after a second coffee we set off, first stop was the Billabong pub, a kilometre away, easy answers to get, then back into town. The adventure lab took us around pubs in the towns, we came across the centre where we delivered the quilts and blankets yesterday.

The second adventure lab we needed the car as it went over ten kilometres and some on the highway although the traffic is slower and fewer here. We went to the Robbery tree, apparently some guy was a bit naughty back in the 1880s, he hid up a tree, many people were out looking for him then a sheep dog sat under the tree barking, when the cop investigated, he saw the robber. He must have been guilty of more  as he was the last man hung in Australia. The tree is still there looking rather sad, its jyst a trunk with a few dead branches to one side.

Walked about nine kms

Caravan park, $40, top up of fuel $25. Total $65, thats better.  Off to Blackall tomorrow

ay three Cunnamulla

 The morning saw us packing up the camper and moving it two rows over where there was piwer, also alongside of the toilets, for a change I had less to walk.

Once that was done it was off 9n a country road (dirt) to find ten letter boxes, lunch a rest then we travelled outside to collect some puzzles caches, most had been jigsaws which Sheridan had worked on and given details. Quite a bit of water on the sides of the road, very unusually sight out here. We saw several emus and had one kangaroo hop alongside us for awhile, hoping he wasnt going to dive zcross the road in front of us but no he knew where there was a big hole in the fence and dived in there and out in the paddock. It was like a doggy door for roos, the fence was netting, not easy to break through.

Fuel $129 & caravan park $40 total $169, 

Day two

 Moonie to Cunnamulla first day costs $19 maccas, $25 caravan park, $16 hamburgers

Total $60.

Fuelled up at roadhouse before leaving, $2.19 a litre.

Looking for toilets in St George, this was what we found.

A shared lunch and an open fire at our backs

 

They had toilets as well.

Pressed on to Cunnamulla, followed the gps to the caravan park, dirt road and several ruts, after 8kns we finally arrive but they had no powered sites and suggested we try the obe in town, along a bitumen road, only 4 kms.

Same in town, no powered sites but they had had some issues and half the park was out, we could stay and move to a powered site in the morning when people leave. 

Very cold over night 8 degrees, luckily I had put in an extra blanket just in case.

$80 fuel, $24 lunch, $30 caravan park total $134, whoops over budget.

Day one

 A later start with the car full

Had lunch at Moore and then we continued on to Dalby, Maccas our usual stops when we go that way. Argh, yellow lines where we normally park, how dare they change things. We know that we lost a hubcap there years ago when Warren git a bit close to the kerb. Parked in a side street and walked, then Maccas had changed, no longer gad a Mccafe.

We ordered an iced flappe and raisin toast, ten minutes later about thirty school kids entered, thank goodness fir the automatic ordered terminals. They were in maroon uniforms, then another lot came in dressed in red and black uniforms. Maccas must do a roaring trade in after school snacks.

Got to Moonie at five jyst on dusk, although we had dinner on board, we opted to gave a hamburger from the roadhoyse, yum complete with beetroot.

Lots of trucks go through but it quietens down by midnight 

Hot Choc v Coffee

 For years I gave had trouble sleeping at times, our son told me that if he had coffee after mid afternoon, he couldn't sleep until midnight or 2am.

I dropped coffee at night and that helped.

My not sleeping had been getting worse and I bought natural sleeping tablets. After a week of those I seemed to be sleeping better and when I should. Then it took a turn fir the worse with me being awake for three ir four hours after going to bed. I did get a lit if reading in.

I was tired and often would need a sleep in the afternoons, no problems then going to sleep. A hot chocolate was my nightly drink then I changed it to a jarrah hot chocolate rather than drinking chocolate.

Around midnight, I would often make a hot drink, one night I had read two books and the clock read 4.50am before sleeping.

The next morning in a dopey haze, I wondered if the chocolate had caffeine as an ingredient, it wasnt listed but I didn't want to take a chance, no more hot chocolate for me.

This was three weeks ago and I have been sleeping much better and waking up feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed.

I drink plain hot water now for a hot drink. One black weak coffee for breakfast and one for morning tea, then just water.

Ready set and almost going.

 Time to get the camper trailer out and get it ready. Always a hassle as we tend to dump stuff on top of it and of course, everything has to come off.

With little room in the garage, the kayaks live on top  with the motor bike, scooter and mg bike parked af the end. Its no quick job to get it out and set up.

Everything was in place and we had a few things that needed to go in, I bought a plastic collaspable sink with a drain. Warren wanted to check brakes and wheel bearings. One side wheel bearing is worn so it was booked in last Friday for a service and we had to go through it all again. 

Pushing it into the garage was so easy, we are assuming that is the new brakes.

Starting to think of clothes, we will be spending a couple of weeks in tge southern states and if is currently very cold there, today was 8 degrees. Going to have to get out my trusty jacket that I lived in, in the latter part of our time in China. It does not get cold enough here to wear it, but seems like it should get some more use.