'Cunnamulla Fella', we headed for the local supermarket and blow mw down I found some dairy free ice creams - oh yum!
The following morning it was time to hit the road again and continue to head east towards home, however we still have a long drive ahead of us.
The drive along the Moonie Highway was uneventful as we headed to St George. Here we saw the amazing bridge over the Bollon River.
From here it was onto Dalby, however whilst on the road towards the little township of Bollon, we heard that the highway was closed due to a bushfire south of Dalby.
By the time we stopped off at Bollon for morning tea, we had heard that the highway was again open and we could get through. Thanks to the truckies for this information. Here is one of the road trains we saw along the way - some 53m long. The bushfire had been downgraded from 'Watch & Act' to 'Alert'.
Keeping a cautious eye out and ears to the two-way radio, we got through to Moonie for our lunch stop.
From here we could see the fire as we headed towards Dalby.
You could smell the smoke and even when we finally booked into the caravan park in Dalby, you could still smell the smoke - even the following morning the smell of smoke was still hanging around.
After stopping off at Toowoomba for a break, we started our run down the Toowoomba Range By-pass to an interesting site about half the way down.
One lane of the roadway was closed off - we soon found out why.
Once down to the bottom of the range it was a relatively easy drive home.
The caravan is now parked up, the washing is all done and we consider, or even if there will be one, what will be our next adventure.
So for now we bid farewell to the Outback .....
'Til next time,
June
So pleased you arrived home safe and sound. Those fires must have been a bit of a worry while you were driving, and looked quite near the motor camp too.
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