Janet and Peter On Tour

At Morven we spent four relaxing days with lots of bike rides, socialising with fellow travelers and locals. We were there for Halloween and the locals said we would probably be door knocked for "trick or treat" so we stocked up on lots of treats - and they didn't come so we had to eat all the goodies ourselves!!
Continuing along the Warrego Highway we experienced ever-changing landscapes, stopping in delightful outback towns. The weather has been amazing. We've stayed in some beautiful spots including Neil Turner Weir on the river, Wallumbilla, Chinchilla, Benarkin and Kilcoy. While in Kilcoy we were surrounded by Bats which was fine during the day because we were off sightseeing but during the night the little darlings (not) fed on the trees above us and graffitied the car and van which was not pleasant! After two nights of this we moved on to the Kilcoy Showgrounds where we could wash the van before the paint peeled off! We spent a wonderful day getting cleaned up and were sparkling clean when we arrived at my sisters property near Kenilworth the next day.
My sister Skye and her husband Ash have a beautiful property with an abundance of bird life - and no bats! We staked out a nice flat piece of ground near the house and our "neighbours" have been wonderful. Peter has loved playing with Ash and all the farm equipment.
Friday, we had a very posh morning tea before visiting the Australia Zoo and Animal Hospital and on Sunday, we did the Eumundi Markets. It's been a fabulous stay with Skye and Ash.

Morven had a great Museum and a local had made miniatures of farm houses and stock yards etc

Stoppy in the stocks

weirdos

love the wildlife that bounds through our campsite

relaxing with a book

Somerset Dam at kilcoy - great place

The Dam

BATS - hundreds of them at Anzac Park, Kilcoy

Clean van, yay!

Peter on the tractor at Skye and Ash's

Our first snake seen in the wild!

Maroochydore. Very nice

Our camp site at my sisters place

Skye getting Cam ready for a work out

Tory gets a bit excited when Cam is working

My big sister

Finally, Peter got in the picture before the timer on the camera went off!

Those boys love to play with big greasy machines

The ride-on mower

I tried my hand at the tractor (with help)

The horses wondered what was going on

Skyping Mum - she's looking great

What a wonderful, well run place. We were really impressed

The big turtle

A big crocodile

Jumping, that's why you don't climb onto a branch to watch a croc!

A croc in the crocoseum

Endangered Tiger

having a rest in the shade

A Water Dragon

Lovely Giraffes

Feeding the giraffes

watching the Tiger Show

This is how we felt at the end of the day!

45 degrees at Longreach! We arrived at the Barcaldine caravan park in the morning, left the van and travelled to Longreach (less than an hour away) for a few hours and had a look around and got some groceries before heading back to explore Barcaldine. Next morning we went South through Blackall and stayed a night at the free camp in Tambo on the river. It was much cooler and we did a long bushwalk along the river. The next morning we traveled further South stopping at Augathello, Charleville and then East to Morven. I love these tiny towns. The streets are so wide which allowed the bullock teams of between 14 to 22 bullocks and a long dray to do a "uey". The locals are so laid back and friendly. We will stay at Morven for a few days before moving on to Roma to pick up our mail.