Gismo Queen and her King

Day 7 - Noosaville to Maryborough - Saturday 4th May 2024

It is so wet up here. We have really only experienced the rain over the last four days but it has been raining for months here and everything is so soggy. Coming to Maryboorough, we thought our plans for where to stay were just being influenced by the long weekend, but now weather plays a role. Many of the free camps we had in mind are apparently very waterlogged and this van is heavier than the old one so we really don't need to sink somewhere. So we have ended up at Maryborough Airport, on the site of the old airforce base where all the buildings were demolished many years ago but apparently the concrete bases are all still there, just with a bit of compacted ground on top now. So it is all very firm but the top layer is still very wet. It's not like we are going to be sitting outside much anyway....

It was a nice quiet night in Noosaville last night. After our usual morning cuppa in bed, followed by breakfast, John came out to help me label all the switches in the new caravan. It helps that he and Kerry bought a new Sunland recently too. That job done, we all went out for coffee as Greg wanted a ride in John's new F150 to add to his research for the best tow vehicle for our heavier van. By noon, we were farewelling our fabulous hosts - how lucky are we to have such lovely people in our lives and who looked after us so well.

It was a couple of hours drive up to Maryborough, and it was raining the whole way. We had a delicious pork belly burger for lunch south of Gympie and then kept driving through the rain to Janne's house. We wanted to show the van to her and to collect our boxes of caravan goods that had been so kindly delivered. It was while we were there that we re-evaluated our place to stay and chose the airport - which is also handily close to town for our shopping trip tomorrow for all the things we forgot!

After getting set up, the unpacking began. This van has a different layout so I am having to find new homes for everything. I was happy when I could see the benchtop again and all my newly labelled containers lined up awaiting filling tomorrow!

PS - check out how good the red splashback looks against the benchtop I chose!!!

posted by Tracey @ 8:28 pm