Gismo Queen and her King

Day 6 - Black Mountain to Nobby

Sunrise at the trout farm was quite lovely albeit chilly. The diesel heater went on nice and early but as soon as the sun hit the van, it got too hot. We enjoyed our morning cuppa and then breakfast before outdoor tasks such as the dump point. Travel started just after 9am through towns such as Guyra and Glen Innes. This part of New England is indeed very English, with the English deciduous trees looking very colourful at the moment. We pulled over for morning tea in Deepwater with Tasmanian baked chocolate muffins available with our cuppas. On the road again, we actually passed two vans the same as ours (and have since identified the owners of one of them!) and then proceeded to get caught up in lots of roadworks. It seemed we were stopped for more than we actually drove .  We entered Queensland just after midday and fittingly, it was very warm and sunny. We stopped for lunch in Stanthorpe which included some running repairs/mechanical advice on the Jeep of Rhonda and Peter. We bought pies  from one of the local bakeries and they were divine. On the road again, with only a few more roadworks and a stop for fuel, we passed through Warwick and eventually arrived here in Nobby. We are camped along the old railway station although it turns out that trains do still run along here - I wonder if we will hear one tonight?! Dinner tonight was in Rudd’s Pub, also known as the Dad and Dave pub. Steele Rudd was the author of Dad and Dave ‘On the Selection’ and was a local who hung out here so they named the pub after him. Its an eclectic collection of memorabilia and it seems the locals love it! The meals were super huge but certainly very tasty and we waddled out of there back to our vans. Stay tuned for a daylight photo of the pub in the morning!

posted by Tracey @ 9:24 pm