This morning we woke up under a leaden sky heavy with clouds, a cold wind and the start of light rain. It didn’t look promising, so we stayed in bed a lot longer than usual. Even Misty didn’t mind. ;-) We had a late breakfast and went to the camp kitchen to prepare our evening meal in the Dreampot so we wouldn’t have to worry about it later in the day. The Dreampot, if you’re not familiar with it, is a sort of huge, insulated thermos cook pot which contains two inner pans in which you can prepare your meal. You do some brief preparation cooking on the stove and further cooking will be automatically completed inside the pot during the day, so that your evening meal is ready when you reach your destination. Often it’s lovely that you can sit down and relax after a day of driving, without having to worry about cooking a meal.
On a different note, I have edited yesterday’s posting about the caravan park where we were staying. All in all I had been a bit harsh with my comments. What we didn’t know yesterday, and found out today while talking to the owner during our cooking, is that they mainly cater for seasonal workers. The area around Stanthorpe is renowned for its fruit and vegies and a lot of people (by the end of this month probably a hundred or so) stay at the caravan park while working in the field or in the orchards around the area. That’s why the caravans and tents are mainly permanent and look a bit dilapidated. However, it was a bit pricy for what we got and since the weather had turned so drastically we decided to leave and travel on. After a nice hot shower and morning tea we said goodbye.
By then the rain was coming down a bit more heavily and we changed our plan to go to Girraween National Park for a bushwalk. Girraween is supposed to be beautiful in spring with all the wildflowers out, but a walk in the rain isn’t what we’d come for and we’d been lucky enough to see plenty of wildflowers along the roadside and in the fields. We discovered a lovely country road while driving in the direction of Texas and enjoyed the drive as best as we could, although in many places water started to flow across the flood ways in the lower lying areas, which was not a good sign.
We stopped briefly for lunch in a very wet Texas at an Apex park and were soon on the road again. Our next stop was planned at a weir off the Gore Highway to Toowoomba, but without a GPS with coordinates it was very difficult to find. When we finally were going to end up on a long and wet gravel road we decided to turn back onto the highway and keep going to Pittsworth where we knew we could find a caravan park a lot easier.
In the meantime it was pouring with rain. We were lucky to get the last spot at an otherwise fully booked park (nr. 725, Pittsworth Shade Rest Caravan Park; 27 43 02S, 151 37 44E) and enjoyed a hot cuppa in a warmer change of clothes.
No pictures today. They would have been very boring indeed. I have a feeling we’ll be heading home tomorrow. It’s useless to spend so much money on fuel and camping grounds if you have to hover inside around a stove to keep a bit warm. Perhaps we’ll go for another trip later this year or early next year if the weather improves. At least we had a splendid day yesterday, so we won’t complain. We might enjoy a double dose of The Tudors tonight and turn in early. If you’re reading the blog, thanks for keeping us company…
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