Day 44 Wednesday 21/6/2023 Maryborough, sunny 7 – 22 When a diesel heater starts it makes a tick, tick, ticking sound. Last night Elle woke to tick, tick, tick. She leapt out of bed to check the diesel heater and … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 44 – An author’s home
Day 43 Tuesday 20/6/2023 Maryborough, 7 – 23 sunny Woody and the girls wash the vans. I wash the floor and post a few blogs. It’s been a little awkward this trip, with poor reception posts take too long and eventually, I just give up and enjoy the sun instead. Woody has a hearing appointment in nearby Hervey Bay today. VeeWee has sourced a Brass Monkey fridge/freezer like ours for a better price and also in the Hervey Bay Area. She doesn’t have a freezer in the motor home so a compact Brass Monkey would be perfect. While Woody goes … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 43 – Hervey Bay
Day 42 Monday 19/6/2023 ‘Marybra’, warm 10 – 26 It’s a warm bright clear morning with dry air. Now is the time to get ahead of the little mouldy bits on the roof hatches again. We have a bush camp … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 42 – The Cistern Chapel
Day 41 Sunday 18/6/2023 Pomona to Maryborough, 8 – 24 With the legs up for a quick getaway, the van was a bit wobbly last night. It’s a clear cold morning. I don’t know what was in that chicken schnitzel … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 41 – Oh the joy of a level site
Day 40 Saturday 17/6/2023 Pomona, some cloud 9 – 21 On his morning walk, Woody spots a hot air balloon in flight. Flying over the kiln-shaped Glasshouse Mountains, named by Lt. James Cook, would be breathtaking. Woody returns with Danish … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 40 – Queenslanders & Pesky Lawn Ants
Day 39 Friday 16/6/2023 Kenilworth to Pomona, sunny 5 – 20 It’s a nippy morning and oh the joys of public bathrooms. The woman in the next cubicle must have a bladder the size of a football and next to … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 39 – Pomona
Day 38 Thursday 15/6/2023 Kenilworth, warm 7 – 21 On Facebook, we learn that the amiable publican Jeremy Mason from the Gravo Pub, passed away on the 9th, only a week after we left there. We have a quiet day … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 38 – Kicking back
Day 37 Wednesday 14/6/2023, Kenilworth, warm 23 A warm morning. Woody walks up the street to QML pathology for a blood test then cooks a breakfast of mushrooms on toast outside. Breakfast done and he is off again to the … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 37 – Donut Judge
Day 36 Tuesday 13/6/2023 Toogoolawah to Kenilworth, foggy warm 11 – 23 We head north again and pick up the D’Aguilar Highway to Kilcoy. The mist clears to bright sunshine and State Route 6 takes us up to Beerwah skirting … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 36 – Crazy Names
Day 35 Monday 12/6/2023 Murwillumbah, NSW to Toogoolawah, Qld, Cloudy, damp 21 It’s the King’s Birthday holiday in NSW but not in QLD. Access to the dump point at Murwillumbah was closed during the crystal, craft & jewellery festival and … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 35 – Two Galahs
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