Evening folks,
Today’s story starts tonight when I hopped up the ladder to
retrieve the sleeping bags from the roof bag. My fishing rod bag was not in its
holders. After a mental recap of the day it is most likely I omitted to fasten
the straps this morning since I have to move the fishing rods to put the ladder
on. Thinking back I did hear a noise when we left the showgrounds and didn’t
pay much attention since Susan had ejected the talking book disk and faced the
prospect of holding the fast forward button down for half an hour and I was
giving her a ribbing about it. It’s spilt milk under the bridge now. I can
remember many instances of rod holder grief over the years not the least on our
second day out in 2010. Since the rods fell off the driver side they probably
were run over. Mind you we returned along that road albeit a good hour later
and didn’t see them. I hope whoever has them now enjoys them, sighs. I think in future they will be in the
trailer as there will be space under the solar panels for them.
It would also appear Yings Chinese has been making its
presence felt in my insides tonight. This blog is being typed from the car due
to a fairly heavy drizzle that is falling. Apparently record rainfalls from the
north are making their way down the coast and we have rain to look forward to.
The weather jonahs are at it again.
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| Kyogle Showgrounds |
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| Zoomed Kyogle town view from lookout |
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| Kyogle lookout |
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| Parked at the lookout |
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| Our constant companions |
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| Killarney Post Office tree |
That disposes of today’s annoyances. On a brighter note,
The Showground camp was good value at $10 for a non powered
site which included hot showers. We headed back into Kyogle after packing up for
coffee and a bit of grocery shopping and a trip up a very narrow road to a
lookout. Heading northwards our next stop was Killarney for lunchtime pies and
sausage rolls and Susan’s weekly Skype with her grandchildren. The northern NSW
road from Kyogle to the border was pretty average. There was a noticeable
improvement when we crossed the border. The next town of note on the map was Warwick which is probably
the gateway to the Darling Downs. We stopped here at a drive through coffee
bar. We actually had to get out and walk inside as the drive through had
limited height access. Our rig was parked in a single car park and it was
interesting manoeuvring it out. Toowoomba was the major town on our route. It
was large with the familiar chain store signs but of no significant attraction
really.
The camping area here at Cooyar is quite pleasant and free.
It has a good grassy area, electric BBQ’s and shelters etc. The town has a pub
and a general store that advertises real coffee. We will have a look around in
the morning assuming we haven’t been washed away in the night.
We had a pleasant tea here tonight and were enjoying the
mild evening conditions when the drizzle started. It would have been nice to
sit outside for a while especially since there is no mobile network here
despite what the Camps 6 book says.
Anyway that’s it for the day I am
treating my insides with Drambuie! We head to our next Helpex at Imbil
tomorrow. We have a choice of two routes I will choose the driest one. After
that our schedule is not locked in so we will have a bit more time for some
leisurely sight seeing and fishing rod shopping (ouch!). That’s the theory
anyway.
night folks
Simon
Kyogle Lookout
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