We were on the road after our morning coffee at 7:10am heading for home. We've discovered that once we point the Cruiser towards home it just wants to go; no mucking about. The worms were starting to bite just before we arrived at Kilkivan, so we stopped at Weier Oval (it's also been turned into a nice free camp) and had breakfast. We are enjoying the coffee and go idea on our drive days as it's nice to get on the road early and then stop for brekky later.
The only real item of interest today was the outer reaches of Bjelke-Petersen Dam. We could see the water from the road, which hasn't been the case for many, many years.
Normally we use the Wide Bay and Bruce Hwys to get home from here, but this time we took the turnoff to Woolooga and came out at Tiaro, cutting out a big section of roadworks on the Bruce. It was pretty good for a back road. There was one more stop, to refuel at Puma Maryborough South and then home by 10:30am. We had mornos in the van and then began the unpacking and cleaning process. The van was unpacked by midday, and the washing machine got its first workout in two months, with many more to follow. The Cruiser got a wash and was put away.
The Hippo Farm looks pretty good, although the grass has gone a tad feral, nothing that a mow won't fix. Although it may be a while before we can do that in a couple of places as it is still a bit boggy from the last lot of good rain we had.
No pre-dinner drink tonight as we walked to to T&L's to collect our mail. It is so nice to have amazing neighbours to keep an eye on the place and collect the mail. Dinner was had, then we relaxed in front of the big box for our one and only favourite TV Show.
It was an amazing trip, even though we did not get to the Tip as initially planned; as they say 'there's always next time'. Even though we visited some places we had been to quite recently, (last year) we still enjoyed them too. Many were unavoidable as we had to go through them to get to the new places we wanted to visit. There were certainly many roads we hadn't driven before. It was unfortunate that K&J had to abandon the trip due to caravan issues. We all certainly missed their company. Although it was great to have B&N along for all but the last two weeks. We certainly covered some territory together and really enjoyed their company.
Not sure where the next trip will take us but we have a few options: Tasmania, South-West Western Australia, Cape York, North-West and coastal WA, to name a few. There's one thing for sure, it'll be interesting.
Bit of a foggy start to the day
Outer reaches of B-P Dam
Breakfast Stop
Not a bad sunset at the Hippo Farm, but not as speccy as the ones in the Outback
