Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Dalby and the Bunya Mountains

View from Look Out

John and I had a lovely weekend with Glenn, Ali and the children. They took us for a Sunday morning drive over to Caloundra and the beach areas, ending up at the local Strawberry Fields, where we enjoyed coffees and later strawberry ice creams. We spent most of the time with them  just talking and enjoying our stay.

Strawberry Fields

 It’s always hard to say goodbye, however I’m hoping they all come for a visit next year and show the children around Sydney. 
 
Dalby lies in the Western Darling Downs region of Queensland.  The Warrego Highway runs through the town, we had our first sighting of the road trains that service the outback.  We will see much bigger ones as we go further into the outback areas.
John and I left on Monday morning for Dalby, about 200 klms away. We had planned to meet up with Bernie and Jean, our long-time friends who are travelling in their caravan from their home in Wagga NSW.  We all stayed in the Dalby Tourist Park for two nights. The park is $32 per night.

water dragon behind caravan park

Bernie drove us to the Bunya Mountains, a scenic drive about 50 klms from Dalby. The Bunya pine is a different looking tree from other pines and they thrive in the mountains. We had coffee and scones in a mountain log cabin in the little township and drove through a rain forest for several klms. We saw many little wallabies.

coffee time
 
 
 

July 16th.

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