We have spent the last 3 days catching up with our good friends who were smart enough to escape Victoria and move up to Queensland just over a year ago. They have settled in a beautiful spot called Cleveland, an outer suburb of Brisbane in the south. The good news is we didn't have to drive through Brisbane to reach them. They have a lovely spacious apartment overlooking the water, and a short stroll along the waterfront leads to cafes and restaurants, as well a...

We have spent two nights in Toowoomba, and have moved on to Laidley today. My impressions of Toowoomba - dreadful weather, dreadful roads, dreadful traffic. The day we arrived the fog was so thick you could cut it with a knife. By midday it was beginning to lift a bit. The good news was that the caravan park was literally around the corner from the Tourist Info Centre, so we deigned to drive that little bit further and settle in. The other good news was that it...

We rounded off our last night in Goondiwindi with a campfire with our neighbours and a few other campers. The next morning we left early to get good parking for the market. We needn't have bothered - the market was tiny and not very exciting, and there was certainly no problem in finding a park. Oh well. We set off to see the silo art at Yelarbon. It was nice, but not nearly as impressive as those in the Wimmera near Warracknabeal. And we had to travel 50 kms ...

Woke up yesterday and decided to have one final soak in the hot artesian pools before we leave - get our full money's worth. The weather was very crisp at seven o'clock in the morning, and the mist and haze from the heat of the water shrouded us as we soaked. We went to town for the pecan tour and learnt that Moree has a huge pecan farm. It was started 50 years ago by a guy from the US as he had farms there, but wanted to produce all year around so needed a plac...

It remained cold and windy through the start of the night, and it was a very cold night without power. However by the morning the sky was clear and blue, and the air was crisp and icy - but boding well for the rest of the day. Went back to town to have a coffee - paid $10 for two small cappucinos. Last night we paid $8 for two beers at the golf club. Should have had beer for breakfast. We drove on through the sunshine, and finally felt we were on holiday proper...