Blogs from Dalby, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

We are still in Dalby Queensland. Peter is still driving buses. Wendy is no longer working for Muffin Break so is looking for other employment. She has been learning to drive small buses with the intention of getting a job alongside Peter. Peter is a good (and patient) teacher. Yesterday, 16th December 2013, Wendy went for her LR driving test ……and passed! She is now able to drive mini buses and light trucks … and our motorhome. We are hoping that she will secure a driving job in the New Year. To celebrate our 39th wedding anniversary we headed east to Gatton where Shannon had been to a residential school for a few days. We stayed the night in a very noisy hotel. After a lovely breakfast we headed out for some geocaching/sightseeing/exploring the Lockyer Valley. ... read more

We made farewells to my parents and Aunt & Uncle and made for our goal of Dalby. The roads from Leyburn to Cecil Plains were narrow, bumpy and in some parts covered with shallow water. Trucks don't slow down on those kinds of roads and Ryan was rather happy to stop in Cecil Plains for a break. We had burgers for lunch from the corner shop and Noah had a vegemite sandwich. The caravan park in Dalby we wanted to stay at wouldn't accept the dogs for more than 2 nights, so on to choice number two. Unfortunately the showgrounds don't seem to accept caravaners anymore, so the easy choice was made... one night in Dalby rather than a week. I decided to take the dogs and Noah for a walk in the afternoon... we stopped ... read more

Friday 5th November arrived but there doesn’t seem to be any thoughts here about lighting bonfires or letting off loads of fireworks to celebrate Guy Fawkes night (maybe not a bad thing). Today we went off in search of a fence but before that I thought that we should go to see an historic property which was in the same direction. Graham wasn’t too keen but bowed to my obvious enthusiasm and before long we arrived at Jimbour House. By the entrance was an honesty box so we put in the requested $3 each and picked up a leaflet. The public are allowed to wander round the garden but not the house. We parked by an elaborate water tower and a lovely little chapel that had been built in around1870. To get to the house we ... read more

Roma's an interesting town, big substantial buildings on the main streets, lovely Queenslander homes on large blocks. Besides being a rural town, it also has gas and oil - in fact they have The Big Rig Centre there which explains all about it but we decided not to visit it - maybe next time. We continued east along the Warrego 'Highway', hardly deserving the name as it is a two laned bumpy road, in need of upgrading. It's qute busy with cars, trucks and road trains. We stopped at Miles for lunch - a pleasant little town, then drove around the next town, Chinchilla - 'the Campdraft Capital of Australia'. Chinchilla was a surprise as it was quite a big town. After looking around Chinchilla, we drove on to Dalby, where we are staying tonight. On ... read more