Saturday, 28 July 2012

Toowoomba-Theodore

More driving! I woke up this morning to horses galloping down along the track, only a hundred meters from the bedroom window. It was such a nice way to start my morning! I headed off about 9.30 going west to Miles, then north to Theodore. Before I had even left Oakey I realised I was in cotton country, they have obviously just finished the harvest and it is everywhere. You could be forgiven for mistaking it for snow in some places....
A road train carrying, well, road trains!
 I came up through Chinchilla, where apparently the best thing they have to offer is the annual Melon Festival. I've noticed driving along these roads that you can tell when the towns are coming up way before the signs start. They each have a huge silo or three next to the train tracks, and you can see them for miles. There are also random cattle grids out in the middle of no where too. I'm guessing where a new property starts, but it's still a bit strange to have a cattle grid on a main highway. It seams odd to me, but even in winter, the flowers are starting to bloom- I saw peach blossoms and wattle blossom today on my drive.
There are so many trucks and caravans on the roads up here. I guess the grey nomads have the same idea as me and are going north for winter.
I said a few days ago that some of this trip will overlap with my family's previous trip. I found one of those overlaps today. I was driving through Wandoan and realised it looked very familiar. There is a historical building back off the road a bit. We sat there for about an hour on our way to Theodore in 2006 while day fixed the suspension in the van. Mum sat in the front and painted (or maybe drew, I can't quite remember) this historic building. I think I sat there fuming because I was sick of being stuck in the van. But mums painting, turned out gorgeous. That's why I remember it. I stopped and took a photo
Driving through Taroom I recognised it immediately. There were a few horses at the rodeo grounds and for a minute I thought I might catch Taroom rodeo as well, but it was last weekend. Never mind.
Wandoan historic homestead
I almost overshot the turnoff to Bill and Kathy's place. It's a bit further out of Theodore than I had remembered. The place looks a bit different now. There is a lot more cattle now, when we were here it was just used for fattening steers. Now there are a lot more here. The dam which I remember being huge is almost twice as big. And there was never this much grass when I was here. They have Brahmans, and a small heard of miniature Brahmans as well. There is a poddy miniature next to the house- very cute!
After six years, there has been plenty of catching up to do! And lots of 'wheelchair' questions. And after a long day, I need a good nights sleep!

Distance travelled:400km
Driving time: 5 hours
Total distance travelled: 2800km

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