Day 92: Hervey Bay to Home.

Monday 24/09/2012 Day 92: Hervey Bay to Home.

The drive home seemed very quick. We missed the opening of the new highway at Traveston by 1 day. The rest areas were all full and we passed many caravans heading north. We stopped at Gympie for a mid-morning snack. We arrived home at midday. Set the van up and started the long process of emptying the van and car. Gee it’s good to be home. Les’s dad brought around our new puppy, he has been house sitting and looking after the pets whilst we were away. We are all proud of what we achieved since we have never camped or travelled further than Hervey Bay as a family

Daily Stats: Distance: 310km, Duration: 4hrs25min, Weather: Sunny & Humid.

Overall Stats: 92 days, 21909km, 4 States; QLD, NT, WA, SA.

Fuel Consumption: AVGE: 13.43L/100km. WORST: 17.84L/100km.

46 nights camped at locations in Camp Book 6. 22 nights camped at FREE sites.

Visited 22 different long drops.

Gympie

 Glasshouse Mtns

 Gateway Bridge

 Close

 Home

Day 91: Tourist Day Hervey Bay.

Sunday 23/09/2012 Day 91: Tourist Day Hervey Bay.

Did Nothing!

Daily Stats: Distance: 0km, Duration: 0hrs0min, Weather: Sunny, Hot & Humid.

Photographer was taking a break!

Day 90: Boyne River Rest Area to Hervey Bay.

Saturday 22/09/2012 Day 90: Boyne River Rest Area to Hervey Bay.

We packed up and with lots of enthusiasm headed off to Hervey Bay to Grandma’s. We passed through lots of Road works. We drove through Gin Gin, a pit-stop at Childers and then the GPS took us down the Torbanlea-Pialba Rd. We arrived, backed the van (Amanda) up the driveway and set up for some R&R. Les & Ryan the AFL, NRL and then the T20 to catch up! We were all happy to be at Grandma’s.

Daily Stats: Distance: 273km, Duration: 3hrs20min, Weather: Sunny, Hot, Smoky & Humid.

Boyne River Rest Area

 Hervey Bay R&R with Grandma

Day 89: Jericho Community Rest Area to Boyne River Rest Area.

Friday 21/09/2012 Day 89: Jericho Community Rest Area to Boyne River Rest Area.

Last night our neighbours had a domestic in a foreign language – interesting! It was warm overnight. We had butcher birds turn up for breakfast this morning. We headed off very early and had our first stop at Emerald for fuel, we wandered around town till we found the public toilets hidden near the library, and it’s a pretty town with lots of plants. We had lunch at Duaringa, which was full of grey nomads. We then drove around Gladstone looking for fuel and topped up at a Caltex in an industrial back-street – thanks Google. We passed the smelter and power station and beautiful blue water. We finally arrived at the Boyne River Rest Area – full of grey nomads taking up all the good spots. This place is like resting next to a freeway, traffic passing all night and lots of cars pulling up to use the amenities.

Fuel Consumption: Caltex Winton + 1 x 20ltr Jerry Can to Shell Emerald:

Distance 611km at 13.14l/100km

Fuel Consumption: Shell Emerald to Caltex Gladstone:

Distance 386km at 13.01l/100km

Daily Stats: Distance: 642km, Duration: 9hrs22min, Weather: Sunny, Hot & Humid.

Jericho

 Emerald

 Blackwater

 Gladstone

 Boyne River Rest Area

Day 88: Kynuna Roadhouse Caravan Park to Jericho Community Rest Area.

Thursday 20/09/2012 Day 88: Kynuna Roadhouse Caravan Park to Jericho Community Rest Area.

It was very quiet overnight, a cool 15 degrees C. The brolgas turned up looking for a feed as we packed up. Amy fed them. We said thanks to the owner and headed off towards Winton. We had a pit stop and fuel top up at Winton and headed off to Longreach. We had lunch at Longreach and headed off to Barcaldine. There were road-works on the Landsborough Hwy We had another pit stop at Barcaldine and headed off on the Capricorn Hwy. We arrived at the Jericho Community Rest Area where there are a lot of vans set up alongside the River. It is 33 degrees C at 16:30. This place has flush toilets, cold showers and water - luxury

Fuel Consumption: Woolworths Caltex Mt Isa to Caltex Winton + 1 x 20ltr Jerry Can:

Distance 483km at 13.77l/100km

Daily Stats: Distance: 553km, Duration: 7hrs47min, Weather: Sunny & Hot.

Kynuna

 Jericho

 Jordan River