Toowoomba/Lake Boondooma

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. 

Wondai Timber Museum

Lake Boondooma

The Lone Piper

Ceratodus Rest Area free camp