Gismo Queen and her King

Day 21 - Burpengary to Ewingar

 The day dawned wet, which we had been expecting. Our run of warm, sunny weather was coming to an end. Thankfully, it didn’t interfere with packing up too much. We were on the road just after 9am, hoping the majority of Brisbane traffic would be gone by the time we got closer to Brisbane. For the most part, this was the case and we were sailing along, although it was harder to keep our convoy together with so much traffic. There aren’t many (read, any) rest areas along the M1 out of Brisbane so we had to pull off to find a suitable park for elevenses. Unfortunately, as soon as we pulled back on, the traffic was horrendous and we were at a stand hill for at least half an hour. We had already planned to have lunch in Bangalow so it was a bit late by the time we got there. Hence, we consciously ate quickly so as to keep driving - we didn’t want to set up in the dark at Andrew’s. Next stop was Casino for water and dump point. Greg and I got there well before everyone else - apparently they took a wrong turn courtesy of their sat nav. It was also raining so we were worried about what conditions would be like for set up at Andrew’s. Back on the road, through more rain, up the hills of the Richmond Ranges and down into Tabulam where I let Andrew know we were on the home stretch, although expecting to be cutting it fine before dark. We, of course, are used to the road to Andrew’s but Peter and Rhonda were potentially a little concerned!! Sure enough, my little brother was waiting for us at the front gate and guided us through to our personal campsite. A quick bit of digging and back and forth on ramps to level up and a bit of rain but we were all done before 6pm. Beers were cracked to celebrate sibling togetherness - thanks to CoVId, this is the longest we have gone in our lives of not seeing each other. We huddled together under Neill and Jude’s awning while I cooked up a one pot wonder of dinner. Courtney came down to say hello until we all got too cold and went out separate ways to bed.

posted by Tracey @ 10:33 pm