We were up fairly early and packed up quickly to hit the road a bit after 8 am. Then onto Goondiwindi for the others to refuel and we had a bit of breakfast. Even after many hundreds of kilometres on the bitumen my Paj was still dropping lots of red dust in the Caltex parking lot.
It was at this stage I parted company with the others as they headed back to Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast via Toowoomba while I headed off to Warwick and the Gold Coast. The traffic was fine until I hit Warwick and then every man and his caravan seemed to be on the road back to Brisbane, also there was a very high police presence between Warwick and Aratula. In fact from the top of Cunninghams Gap to Aratula there was just a long line of traffic moving very slowly, much to the disappointment of the police radar trap half way down the range.
I was going to stop at my favourite bakery in Aratula on the way back, however the line up of cars meant it would have been several hours before I could rejoin the traffic stream. Luckily, when I turned off to Boonah just after Aratula most of the traffic disappeared and it reduced even more after the turnoff to Beaudesert. The section through Canungra into the back of Nerang was also a very smooth run, unlike normal. I refuelled at the Caltex at Palm Beach and the run from Cunnamulla had taken 98.05 l of diesel to cover 920.6 kms. Giving 10.7 l/100km which I was very happy with, given the Paj was loaded with camping gear and had the OzTent, Maxtrax and awning on the roof rack. The electronic readout was showing in the low 11's for most of the trip.
Then it was back home to unpack the car, shower, and then relax with an Easter egg or two that didn't get eaten over the weekend.
All up a great 5 days with friendly people and some beautiful scenery.
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