Since my last blog update we have spent a couple of nights
in Toowoomba as we needed to get the Pajero a health check. Once again the
Pajero had a couple of dash lights appear for no apparent reason, so thought it
best to be on the safe side and have it checked. The Mitsubishi dealers were
unable to find a problem but have cleared all the error codes, so keeping
fingers crossed they do not come back on again, they did say it may need a
valve sensor part if it does happen again. I think we have already replaced
that at some stage hopefully we do not have to again, as part and labour was
over $500. We didn’t get a very good
impression of Toowoomba as when we were turning off the Hwy to head to the
caravan park a truckie was quiet abusive to us over the two way, mustn’t
be a caravan fan, also the weather
was rather overcast & miserable which didn’t help things. While we
were in Toowoomba we also needed to buy a new toaster, as when Baz was kindly
going to cook toast for my breakfast, sparkes came shooting out of the toaster.
Upon inspection he found that two screws had worked their way out over the many
klms of rough uneven roads.
Our next stop was Boondooma Dam, we had a lovely two days
there camped right on the water’s edge. We woke up each morning with Pelicans
& Egret’s, preening & sunning themselves, outside our van. We sat
around outside appreciating the sun and reading especially as we had heard from
friends the mixed weather that they were having out on the coast. One evening
while we were there we were enjoying our little Happy Hour when a fellow camper
fired up Bag Pipes from across the Dam. It had a good acoustic effect over the
water with applause and calls for requests coming from other campers around the
Dam. We didn’t have TV reception out there but Baz was able to amuse himself
with the internet, we also only had intermittent phone reception. I even got the old boy to play a couple of
games of Sequence, but he is a pretty poor looser. Out at the dam there is also
a powered area near the kiosk where we noticed the big daddy in off road vans a
Bush Tracker, they are all equipped for
the bush and outback roads this one looked as if it had never left the black
top, would have thought they would have been lakeside with us!
Leaving Boondooma Dam we headed further north stopping at Gayndah to buy lovely fresh mandarins also to have a lunch break, then we continued onto Eisvold stopping for fuel & supplies before pulling up for the night 11 klms north of the town at a roadside stop. We were there along with 15 other vans, a very popular stop over for the Grey Nomads heading north. Once again no TV, internet & very iffy phone cover, so it was out with the game of Sequence, this time the old Baz had the luck on his side, no sulking this time! Evenings seems to be getting longer as running out of pre recorded material.
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| Wondai Timber Museum |
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| Lake Boondooma |
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| The Lone Piper |
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| Ceratodus Rest Area free camp |
