Back to the coast

and vacant thoughts…

Only a 4 hour trip back to the coast today. Really enjoyed the Gemfields, each town has rusty and (to me) undefinable mining equipment dotted around, exactly the vibe and kit you’d expect to see in a a dusty ‘wild west’ mining hub.

In between snoozes (there were a few) I started to enjoy some of the random billboards punctuating the never ending, but constantly changing, landscape.

Personal faves are the laundrette one and what I’m assuming is an MP/councillor in a Stetson, sporting the whitest teeth in the west.

When we picked Matty up, we didn’t understand why there was an electric kettle and a whistle kettle. We get it now. When on the road we can still use our LPG gas stove (but not the electrics). This means we can pull up anytime and anywhere and make a brew. We have done this and it makes perfect sense.

After a pit stop at Rockhampton (a large town, sadly), we drove on to our end point for the next two nights, Emu Park.Read more