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Walker's Travels in Scandinavia 2017 and others
Distance: 426km Start time: 9:25am, stop time: 4:35pm Left at 8:35 am for the servo to fill up before heading off. Waited for G&Y to arrive and then left at 9:20am. Mornos was had at Tiaro at the Retro Cafe and they make really nice coffees. Upon arrival at Tiaro we discovered our left hand indicator on the van was b*****ed again. Greg and Gunther will have something to do this afternoon in Warwick! We stopped again in Woolooga for a visit to the "happy room". On his way out of the vehicle, Greg managed to get his finger stuck in the door as he closed it, subsequently cutting it quite deeply. Will have to watch it over the next couple of days. We stopped for lunch just north of Crows Nest at the Emu Creek Rest Stop. It would have to be one of the worst rest areas we've seen in a long time - on a bend on a hill. So, not only not level, but very dangerous entry and exit points. We were all a tad puckish at this stage, and had already pulled into the rest area, so decided to stop anyway. Usual salad for lunch, followed by a decaf coffee for both of us (not so usual). We stopped for fuel in Toowoomba as Gunther was running on empty by that stage (he did not top up before they left). We decided to top up as well to keep the fuel stops the same to minimise stops. It was then only another 110km odd to Warwick where we had agreed would be our first night's stop. We thought we might like to free camp as the temperature had dropped dramatically, and the only free-camp area in Warwick was the Truck Stop and we could tell it would be very noisy at night, so decided a van park was the best way to go. We researched on WikiCamps and Camps7 and decided the best was the Rose City Caravan Park on the outskirts of the city. $30/night for a drive-through powered site (site 16) and the man to guide you in! After setting up we had a drink to celebrate our first night on ytour. The wind had picked up and it was rather chilly; we even had to get the warm coats out! Dinner was had not long after, followed by dish washing, teeth and bed.
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