Sunset at Torbanlea
Pull over for massive machinery, and it was travelling fast!
The GPS reads (not that you can read it!) 43755 Bruce Highway, thought those numbers were only in the USA
Hello folks,
A late night blog here. We were up early enough this morning after showers on and off overnight. We did not have showers this morning we had rain! Finally after 123 days we have packed the canvas away wet, pools of water laying on it. However it was not all bad since we washed the clothes we were wearing and ourselves at the same time as we were packing, hehe.
We drove from Yeppoon back to Rockhampton. Since my clothes were relatively hard to access I removed my saturated shirt (not a pretty sight) and Susan dried it in the car with the heater and the aircon running at hurricane speed. By the time we reached McCafe it was dry enough to wear. The rain barely abated outside.
We drove southwards, the journey often through heavy rain with a large amount of heavy transport travelling in both directions just to add to the fun. At one stage we had to pull over for a low loader with an enormous mine vehicle on board. It took up both sides of the road.
We had not intended to travel through Gladstone but were forced to do so by a detour from the A1. Gladstone consists of a lot of saltwater creeks, aluminium smelter, coal fired power stations and a large wharf to handle the coal and bauxite. We drove through taking no detours into more heavy rain which persisted until we reached GinGin for a late lunch and coffee at the bakery (recommended). The median strip and road were perfectly dry indicating that we had reached the limit of the rain, for now.
Another 60km or so down the road we arrived at Torbanlea, home of Susan's step brother Alan. After a minor navigating misadventure we located the property and were soon joined by Alan and his children. We were made most welcome, Alan pressing cans of beer into my hand. They even helped us set up the camper. We were joined by Karen, Alan's wife who had to adjourn for a meeting while the rest of us enjoyed tea. After tea a few games on the wii and it was time for us to go to bed so our hosts could get some sleep since they have to work tomorrow.
Tomorrow is a short trip to our HelpX destination so we will have some time in the morning to rectify todays moisture events before we leave, assuming of course it doesn't rain here. Funny how the weather is such a big part of your life when you live outside. Makes you respect what the "early settlers" achieved. Since our HelpX is close by i am sure we will return here for some more socialising.
Cheers Simon
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