Maroochydore to Narrandera and another year.

Maroochy Primary School -Texas
Boxing Day looking to get to Narrandera before next year.  Left at 6am stopped a couple of times for coffee or lunch then for the day at Texas, Les Myers Res, about 450 km that's enough.  Camped by the river. Nice facilities, bbqs, water tank, shelter and well kept grass.

Texas - Hickey Falls
Clear sky light breeze, cool. Nice to sleep where its not humid and the air is crisp. Drove to Warialda and refueled. Stopped at Bingara for coffee and Narrabri for lunch. Bingara is a really nice looking historic town, interesting to walk around. Stopped after about 430km at Hickey Falls rest area before Tooraweenah.

Hickey Falls - Mirrool
Started the day with a 3km walk before heading off. Breakfast at a rest stop then lunch and shopping at Forbes. Provisioning at woollies before heading off. Stopped for fuel at West Wyalong and made Mirrool by 3pm.  Damn the pub is shut today!

Mirrool Hotel - Narrandera
Clear sky, still, crisp.  Started the day with a short walk around town, up and down every street 1.2km.
Arrived at Narrandera about 9am did some provisioning then home. Spent most of the day mowing grass then went for a swim in the channel to clean off and cool down.

Narrandera
Clear sky, still, crisp. Had to put on track pants, it was cold, nice. Finished the mowing had lunch and headed down the lake. Had a ski, skip started from the bank first time, had drinks on the balcony with Shane, Doug, and the two Debs before heading home to fish with Brad, Kelly and the Birch family, nice day in all.  New Years Eve.  Did Dora's 8000km at 145523 oil, filter, & lube.  Rode into town and the lake then spent the rest of the day around the block.  In bed by 11pm. Missed the fireworks again!

Cotton Tree till Christmas

October
Booked into Cotton Tree CP will be here till Christmas.
Motorhome safety check, passed and re registered for another year.
Lots of bike riding like to Mudjimba beach and around 45km.
Quarterly BGL HbA1c tests all good.
Looked to purchase a unit at Waterfront Place

November
Purchased Unit at Waterfront Place
Renewed my driver licence for 5 more years
Chris and Linda French holiday here for a week

December
December 15th had to move out of Cotton Tree CP as its booked out but thats OK as $500/w is more than I'm prepared to pay.  Move up to the Maroochy Primary School with some other CMCA members, $10/n now thats more like it.
Rose and Tony Jaspers here on holiday for a week.
19th December took ownership of Waterfront Place unit (with tenant)

Christmas Day on the balcony at Mary's place with her youngest Michael, nice.
Boxing Day Off early heading south.

Waterfront Place

Burnett Heads - Tin Can Bay

Tin Can Bay TT CP.  Guess who's here Alan Walker (his mates call him Reverend not sure why).  Nice to have someone to have happy hour with.  Lunch at the cafe by the bay and a few beer at the Golf Club later.  More wax and polishing of the motorhome.  Headed for Cotton Tree next.

Hervey Bay - Bargara - Burnett Heads

Hervey bay - Bargara
Moving out today after two enjoyable weeks.
Moved into the Absolute Ocean Front Tourist park at Bargara. Went for a ride around the beach bike track and into town, very windy but nice. Went to woollies did some provisioning, 9km. Walked to the local for happy hour but left after one beer.

Rode to Burnett Heads and back, 33km, before having a beer or two at the beach hotel in Bargara. The main shopping street and beach nearby is really very nice and the pub balcony has a great view and cold beer, all in all a nice place.

Took the bus into Bundaberg and walked about 9km around town had lunch at the RSL, roast lamb, overlooking the river and the Marina, nice.

Oct 6th What kind of noise annoys an oyster?

Bargara - Burnett Heads
Booked into the lighthouse caravan park for two nights, nice, could stay longer. Reconfigured the square array TV antenna to vertical polarization works really well here.  Rode to the port and around town after breakfast, 12km. Windy!  Watched bits of the Bathurst car race on TV.

Main street Bargara

Hervey Bay - Burrum Heads and back

Hervey bay - Burrum Heads
Time to move on, Fraser Coast Top Tourist Park is worth a return stay next time I'm in the area, nice.  Drove to Burrum heads and stayed just one night as the Park was booked out for the public holiday on Monday.  Rang Lynn at Hervey bay and booked in again for the next week.

Burrum heads Hillcrest Caravan park
Mostly permanents older and a bit tatty not a lot of grass sites uneven some unsealed tracks. The Council CP in the middle of town is a better option but not during holiday time a it has no privacy. The main street of town goes right through the middle and the river path as well.

Might be worth a visit out of season as a traveller told me the fishing was good.  The town has an IGA and a nice pub.  Cycling is easy and the roads are mostly quiet.

Burrum heads - Hervey bay.
Lots of rain and wind overnight but the morning cleared to a beautiful day, again.  Drove back to Hervey bay and the top tourist CP.  Booked in for another week.  Alan Walker is still here for a couple of more nights.  Did some more waxing of Dora after setting up camp.  A big job, a labour of love, will do a bit more each day.

Did some more of the same riding and walking etc.

 Water park on the beach at Hervey Bay