Gismo Queen and her King

Toogoolawah to Mullumbimby - Friday 21 June 2019

There’s some great place names up here. Some of our party struggle with pronunciation of some of these names......but isn’t that half the fun of travel? To find new places you’ve never been and explore what they have to offer? And learn how to say them....

The Toogoolawah Showgrounds was good for an overnight camp - nice and quiet with only the lowing of cattle in the night. We had a nice quiet morning in the sun before we did some housekeeping and hit the road for our rendezvous with Neill and Jude. We had a 133km drive to our agreed meeting point and despite getting taken off track twice by the car’s satnav (think we need to get the maps upgraded), we arrive on time at the Yatala Pie Shop. One of Neill’s brothers met them there as well so the five of us had some baked goods and a good old chat. But before long, we were back on the motorway heading south. We crossed the NSW border and turned off not much further south. Our road then wended its way through some mountains - Greg said the Pacific Highway used to be like this before the motorway was built - until we arrived in the hippy village of Mullumbimby. Driving through town, we passed the Showgrounds that had nearly as many people camped there as were at Toogoolawah last night. Our destination was a You-camp, on private property just outside of town.

Upon arrival, the owners weren’t home so we sussed put where we should be, decided against the river flats spot we had booked as there was very little sun and a) we want to be able to sit and soak up the sun while we still can and b) we need sun for our solar panels. So we set ourselves up, collected firewood, and had the fire lit and dinner on the table before it got too cold.

posted by Tracey @ 9:02 pm