After a pleasant two day stop over at Lake Monduran unfortunately the time has come for us to start heading south. We travelled back down the Bruce Hwy with numerous stops for roadworks, only avoided having to stop once. It must be costing a fortune for all these roadworks let alone paying for all the lollipop people at all the different sections.
We stopped at Childers to pick up some supplies and of course checked out their Bakery, buying a couple of Savory Rolls and a French Vanilla Slice for our morning tea (delicious). It was then off to our next destination a free campsite near Dickabram Bridge that crosses over the Mary River. The bridge was built in 1886 and stands 23 metres above the Mary River, and is 200 metres long. The unique design of this dual purpose bridge with its road and rail crossing, the road deck is constructed of timber. The river piers are concrete filled cast iron cylinders the remaining piers are timber. Rumor has it that three men died during the construction of the bridge, one of which supposedly fell down one of the cast iron cylinders while barrowing cement to fill it. It was sometime later that they realised that he may have been buried in the cylinder.
It is a good thing that there is very little traffic on tfddehis road as when the vehicles cross the bridge it is very noisy with the ratter-ling of the timber planks. We don't think our sleep will be disturbed as we have not heard anything crossing the bridge for the last couple of hours.
We finished off the day sitting around the campfire with a fellow camper looking at the star laiden sky on a crystal clear evening.
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| Dickabram Bridge |
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| Mary River |
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| Enjoying the vista Mary River |
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| Dickabram Bridge |
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| Our Campsite Dickabram Bridge |
Looks a nice camping spot. We want to see a spreadsheet at the end of your trip, with ratings for all the bakeries and vanilla slices!
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