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
Day 34 Sunday 11/6/2023 Murwillumbah, sunny 9 – 22 Another beautiful morning. The flat tropical grass is heavy with dew each morning but quickly dries. Butcher birds sing. Last week the forecast for this area was daily rain, but apart … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 34 – Tum Bull Gum?
Day 33 Saturday 10/6/2023, sunny 7 – 21 The crystal, craft & jewellery festival is in full swing and I wander over expecting to see opals and gemstones like we see out in the gem fields. I guess I didn’t … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 33 – Clairvoyance & a Dash of Culture
Day 32 Friday 9/6/2023 Murwillumbah, sunny 10 – 23 Woody shops early for today’s lunch. We have a lazy morning. The weather is perfect, sunny, and no breeze. We can almost see the cane growing, a crystal, craft & jewellery show is setting up on the other side of the Showgrounds. Woody the Elder and The Very Good Golfer arrive for lunch, and we set the table out on the lawn in the shade of Elle’s motor home. Woody cooks Elle’s recipe for potato and egg pies in the 2 pie makers (no. we don’t carry two, Elle’s and ours) … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 32 – Lunch Alfresco
Day 31 Thursday 8/6/2023 Murwillumbah, sunny 10 – 23 Woody sets up his new fridge. I guess you can say that we’ve downsized from a 48 can to a 21 can model. Cleaning gets in the way today, as it … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 31 – We didn’t expect the dog to get high
Day 30 Wednesday 7/6/2023 Murwillumbah, sunny 13 – 22 A bright sunny and warm morning and the local farmers market ‘Murbah’ has set up at the far end of the Showgrounds. We return with bananas, passionfruit, capsicum relish, and felafels. Wandering the stalls is enjoyable, people are breakfasting on the lawns and the crowd is colourful, from trendy to hippie. The produce is farm fresh and the backdrop is acres of green sugar cane and the deep blue of the Mt Warning range. VeeWee drives up to Southport to deliver her brother’s horse racing trophies that have been filling her … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 30 – Queensland
Day 29 Tuesday Murwillumbah, 13 – 20 cloudy with sprinkles We have a warm night at last and we girls have a slow start to the day. Woody on the other hand walks into town and has a haircut at … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 29 – Uki Notes
Day 28 Monday 5/6/2023 Tabulam to Murwillumbah, misty rain 8 – 22 The only sound last night was the river below. Driving back through the cows we find that the little town has come to life. We’re chatting on the … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 28 – 1st leg done & dusted
Day 27 Sunday 4/6/2023 Inverell to Tabulam, 9 – 21 rain threatening, rain. We must cross the Great Dividing Range today. We follow the ridge east. It must be windy around here as there are a host of wind turbines. … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 27 – Giddy Up
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