Mulgildie

After a great feed of pancakes at Kilkivan we said farewell to Maree & Brian as they were booked in at Burrem Heads near Hervey Bay for the next eight weeks. It had been great travelling with them, such good company with lots of laughs the two weeks since we met up went much too fast. We had plans to head to Wuruma Dam for four or five days so we headed off with full water tanks and plenty of food only to find that it was chocker block out at the dam! The trouble is it is getting so popular also some stay there for months at a time so it makes it  near impossible to get a decent campsite for a few days.

It was mid afternoon by his time so we checked Wiki Camps for a suitable overnight stop, finding that the Mulgildie Pub was only a short distance away and offering free camping beside the pub, sounded good to us. It is a great overnight stop there are quirky paintings on the outside of the pub and very interesting memorabilia on the inside, they also serve up a great meal. We will keep this place in mind next time we pass this way.

Mulgildie Pub

Baz discussing the next destination

with his new friend

Enjoying a cold beer at the pub

Camping beside the pub

Kilkivan

Thursday we left Possum Park heading East towards Kilkivan, we travelled via Dalby where we were able to find the house that had been renovated on My House Rules belonging to Luke & Cody. It is quiet deceiving the size of the front yard as on the show it looks a lot larger than it actually is. 

On arrival at the Kilkivan Bush Camping Park we were met by Ralph the park owner who advised us we could choose anywhere in the park that best suited us. Plenty of room with too many options, finally deciding on a area we settled in to relax for a couple of days. With no TV, phone or internet it certainly was restful. We decided we would cook a camp oven roast, it was left to Baz to get the fire going to nurture the coals, unfortunately he also managed to smoke out our poor neighbours! Lucky for us they were very understanding on their return to their van. The very friendly park owners Ralph and Antonja put on free pancakes Saturday mornings which we thoroughly enjoyed before we departed. By the way Antonja is expecting their eighth child in September!

Luke & Cody's place Dalby (My House Rules)

Bush Camping Kilkivan

Camouflaged on the tree !

Cooking with our Camp Ovens

Roast and Damper

Miles (Possum Park)

Called into Possum Park (Miles) for an overnight stop, it was great to see that it still has its bush setting charm. It is certainly not your average caravan park, located 20km north of Miles on the Leichardt Highway. In WW11 the 360 acre property held 2500 tonnes of bombs as well as ammunition. There were 20 concrete underground bunkers some of these have been turned into accommodation. It's a friendly place to visit and we enjoyed a happy hour around the large fire pit.

A couple of years ago the owners purchased a Viscount plane and have spent many hours and a lot of money restoring it. Eventually the plane will be used for accommodation in the park.

Enjoying happy hour around the fire pit

Our vans at Possum Park

Viscount 

Mitchell

Sunday we left St George and travelled via Roma to Mitchell stopping at Surat for morning tea. While we were in Surat we went to the Museum which was The Cobb & Co Changing Station, the original site of the Cobb & Co Store and drop off point for coach travellers & goods. 

Back on the road again Baz was hot footing it past another Grey Nomad and there happened to be a dead Echidna (Porcupine) on the road, unfortunately not being able to swerve around it he clipped it with the wheel of the Paj sending it flying up under the caravan. We were concerned we may have spikes in our tyre but on inspection when we arrived, there was blood and guts spread under the van & we had water spurting from the hose coming from the water tanks. Numerous spikes had penetrated the hose leaving us with a nice sprinkler under the van. Lucky for us we had some spare hose in the boot and Baz was able to replace it and refill the tanks.

We have had a vast improvement in the weather the last couple of days, with us enjoying  frequent visits to the Artesian pool here in Mitchell.