Month: May 2021

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 82 – Kingaroy the Peanut Capital

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Day 82 Saturday, 30/7/2016, Murgon to Kingaroy, brisk and clear There’s a caravan repair guy called Denis in Kingaroy so that pretty much sets the plan for today otherwise we could have crawled very slowly along this road. The old Wondai Railway Station is a free camp across the road from the pub and shops. Tiny Wooroolin grows peanuts and has a free camp beside a large wetland. Denis works from his home on a wooded hillside overlooking the red soil and patchwork quilt of farms of Kingaroy. He quickly rams more screws into our door frame than we’ll ever … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 82 – Kingaroy the Peanut Capital

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 81 – A Beaut Butchery

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Day 81 Friday, 29/7/2016, Bundaberg to Murgon, warm We wake to a mild morning after the first cold night in quite a while. Our mate El Prado had recommended the smoked meat butcher at Kilkivan (pronounced Killkeev’n) so we set off on a long haul shopping trip. Through Gin Gin and our favourite spot Childers, on to Sexie Coffie in Maryborough for some more freshly roasted beans then we turn west off the God awful Bruce Highway (we’re over highway traffic) through pretty little towns to Kilkivan. The butcher is indeed a beaut with a shop filled with smoked meats … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 81 – A Beaut Butchery

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 79 – Time to go

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Day 79 Wednesday, 27/7/2016, Yeppoon, warm At last the car is ready. The part had been sent to the service centres’ old address. Time to pack. 2021 Note: This enforced break on the Capricorn Coast was a Godsend. It introduced us to an area that we had overlooked. A pretty stretch of semi urban coastline with views to the Keppel Islands, good shopping, a National Park that is worth exploring and the city of Rockhampton only 70kms away. To say that we were hooked is an understatement, we have returned twice and we’re still finding different things to do and … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 79 – Time to go

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 77 – Seafood Therapy

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Day 77 Monday, 25/7/2016, Yeppoon, sunny and warm The repairer is still waiting for our car part to arrive and I think we’re losing it. On our way to do the shopping in Yeppoon we were seduced by Rosslyn Bay Seafoods down at the marina. We quickly returned to camp, broke out the white wine and ripped into a mess of prawns. The shopping can wait. Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 77 – Seafood Therapy