I woke up to the rather pleasant sound of rain on the roof of the camper at around 6 am. This is a much more pleasant sound than rain on the roof of a tent or awning. As we were in the process of heading home we quickly packed up and hit the road to Biggenden where unfortunately the bakery was closed. So we headed south west to Ban Ban Springs on the Burnett highway where after a quick look at the springs I found the service station sold quite a good sausage roll for breakfast. We were going to head through the back roads to the back of Gympie to Kilcoy but the rain made it seem like a good idea to stay away from the dirt roads.
We continued to head south through Goomeri and Nanango with the rain still drizzling but eventually drying up. The main excitement came when Shane got a flat tyre just north of Harlin, because of the positioning of the guard rail and slope of the ground he couldn't quite get his car completely off the road, so I did a U-turn and came back around to park behind him with the hazard lights flashing to warm the oncoming traffic. He got the tyre changed pretty quickly and we headed into the servo in Harlin to check the pressure of the replacement tyre and have a quick dink and rest.
From there it was a pretty good trip home through Esk, the outskirts of Ipswich and the Logan Motorway before hitting the M1. Shane turned off at Jacobs Well and I continued onto the normal traffic jam at Robina, which I escaped by taking the back roads around Tallebudgera and Elenora to get home. It was bloody hot back home after the comfort of and air conditioned car. All up I had done about 470 km today.
We continued to head south through Goomeri and Nanango with the rain still drizzling but eventually drying up. The main excitement came when Shane got a flat tyre just north of Harlin, because of the positioning of the guard rail and slope of the ground he couldn't quite get his car completely off the road, so I did a U-turn and came back around to park behind him with the hazard lights flashing to warm the oncoming traffic. He got the tyre changed pretty quickly and we headed into the servo in Harlin to check the pressure of the replacement tyre and have a quick dink and rest.
From there it was a pretty good trip home through Esk, the outskirts of Ipswich and the Logan Motorway before hitting the M1. Shane turned off at Jacobs Well and I continued onto the normal traffic jam at Robina, which I escaped by taking the back roads around Tallebudgera and Elenora to get home. It was bloody hot back home after the comfort of and air conditioned car. All up I had done about 470 km today.
Summary
We ended up having a great seven days away seeing lots of varied terrain, from the bush and scrub, to rainforest and the beach. I got to try Blute out on many different roads and found that it handled everything really well. I was especially happy with how it handled some of the steep rocky roads we drove on in the national parks. Now I'm looking forward to the Victorian High Country trip in February. All up we covered just over 2,000 Kms in seven days and had a very pleasant trip staying away from the holiday crowds.
We ended up having a great seven days away seeing lots of varied terrain, from the bush and scrub, to rainforest and the beach. I got to try Blute out on many different roads and found that it handled everything really well. I was especially happy with how it handled some of the steep rocky roads we drove on in the national parks. Now I'm looking forward to the Victorian High Country trip in February. All up we covered just over 2,000 Kms in seven days and had a very pleasant trip staying away from the holiday crowds.
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