Finished off 4 weeks work and we were staying at Aspley during this period; given it was a suburb of Brisbane city I decided not to blog during this period. Following this we stayed 4 nights at Bribie whilst some work was carried out on the car and a couple of mods done to the van.
As Dad is still not well we will still only be able to travel to locations where we can get back if needed within a few days so we are trying to get a little further North to some warmer weather.
Alan & Janet invited to stay for a few nights before we moved off; they have a property at Blackbutt and given there was heaps of room available we decided to stay for a few days. It was good to catch up and have a couple of beers with Alan and Linda was in her element making cards and decorating tins with Janet. Below are photos of where we parked for the stay; this was when we were just about to take off, Alan and Janet are shown on the front veranda of their beautiful country home. Alan & Janet are now both aware that the air conditioner is reverse cycle (private joke). Thanks a heap to both of you for your hospitality and friendship.
After leaving Blackbutt we decided to meet up with Neil & June who were on the way back from up north; what better place than Standown Park where we had such a good time the previous occasion.
We did decide to try a free park for one night on the way just to see what this was like and how many travelers use these types of free stops. We stayed at “Six Mile Creek Rest Area” which is 6km south of Gympie on the western side of the Bruce Highway. When we arrived (around 2.30pm) the place was already filling up and any latter we would have struggled to find a good site. The area is maintained by main roads and has toilets, fresh water and pergola style seating and tables, it is set back approximately 200m from the highway and surprisingly fairly quiet given the expected highway traffic. We ran into several couples traveling around; one couple in particular had been on the road for 8 years and had never stayed at a caravan park, only free sites.
It is okay as far as we are concerned for one or 2 nights a week but having to be very conscious of water usage from our water tanks is not our cup of tea on a permanent basis. Linda called her shower a sparrow bath, with turn on, wet down, turn off, soap up, turn on and rinse off; this all done to try and only use say 10lt of water. Below is a photo of all the vans and motor homes at six mile creek towards the end of the day, we are the car facing you on the left of the photo.
Post again soon. David & Linda – The DavLinRig
