The next leg of our QLD tour saw us packing up and heading for Gympie.Art and Janette (James' parents) had just travelled the Bruce Highway from Mackay a few days earlier, and mentioned there were plenty of road works between Maryborough and Gympie. With this in mind we opted for the back route into Gympie from Maryborough which takes you past some very nice areas including Poona, Boonoroo and close to Tin Can Bay. My parents live on this side of Gympie and we ...

At last the day had arrived, our odyssey was to begin! Well at least the first 50 km's!? There was plenty to do for us both that day before we could get the big rig on the road. So after a hot and muggy morning of final packing and cleanup it was time to hit the road (after one last countery at the duke....of course) As we headed along the Peak Downs Highway to make our appointment with the Bruce Highway and a turn to the south, we were watching a very nasty st...