06 10.07

FAT HEN CREEK

Left 1770 after watching all of the campers “decamping”, amazing , everyone got up pulled their camps down and were gone by nine o’clock, must have lost about 60% of the park, school holidays finish this weekend. Spent some time chatting to the folk from Mt Gambier and left after 1000.

Travelled down to Bundaberg on the smell of an oily rag, found a servo 30 k’s out so pulled in , put the spout in and waited, and waited, asked Di to go in to see them to find it was closed on Saturdays! So kept going and put in 176 litres at Bundaberg-tank only holds 180. Went to the Rum factory and bought some bottles and went on to Gin Gin where we had lunch. From there we went down to Biggenden and stopped at a camp site from the Camps book at Fat Hen Creek, toilet only with two other cars there.

07 10.07

TIN CAN BAY

Had a good night although there was a bit of traffic on the road and it got a bit cool toward morning, left by 0830 and went in to Gympie which is a very hilly town with a lot of old well preserved buildings. Looked to do some shopping at Coles etc but was too early so went on to Fred and Pam’s arriving about 1100.

Spent the afternoon chatting and later went for a drive to an old aboriginal “Bora ring” which is a ring in the earth where they carried out traditional dancing. Went down to a creek in the upper reaches of Tin Can Bay over some rough sand tracks which were a bit boggy in places from the recent heavy rain they had there( 8 inches) good 4 wheel driving territory.