Saturday, April 17, 2021

Day 8 - Bunya Mountains

And disaster strikes! A stormy windy cool change hit this afternoon while we were out and we came home to find our awning destroyed , bent back and broken across the roof of the caravan! It could have been worse - no damage was done to the roof or any other part of the van but it did take some work to get it back over the van and then off. Here was a work in progress:



So while this was happening, we were on a walk through the  Bunya Mountains. It was nice and sunny when we started but the clouds were descending at a rapid rate and we didn’t know if we would get our walk done before the rain set in. We did, but we certainly didn’t  see much - neither of the waterfalls had much water in them and scenic lookout was a whiteout. This is what we saw and this is what we should have seen:

The Bunya trees are quite something though and actually looked quite stunning among the mist. Unforuntaely, neither of the waterfalls on our walk had much water going through them so that was disappointing too.





We finally emerged from the mist quite cold  and to be honest, a little disappointed. As we drove the 20 or so minutes home, we commented several times on how strong the wind was so our disappointment escalated when we got to the gate of this farm and saw our awning ruined. Neill and 
Jude's was flapping so they hightailed down the drive to rescue it. Closer inspection of ours led to rescue plans because obviously we needed to get it off the roof. One arm had completely snapped but the other was bent and needed straightening to  then be able to pull the awning back over the roof (without it getting caught in the wind again). So the Landcruiser came into action as a platform for Neill and I to get high enough to do some work up there while others held onto ropes secruing the broken bits. An hour or so later, as the wind got colder and the rain started, we had completely removed it. Clearly we weren't going to be having dinner outside in front of a campfire tonight so after a hot shower, Neill and Jude invited us all into Cafe Bushtracker for a hearty pasta dinner, followed by delicious pancakes after my excellent suggestion - because that's what we had last time the six of us were forced into cafe Bushtracker for dinner on a cold windy night in Farina 6 years ago!


posted by Tracey @ 9:10 pm

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