Wondering the streets and creeks of our amazing country ...

A girlfriend and I decided go for a drive up the country yesterday (Sunday 26th May). We started early in the morning 7.30 and head up the Sunshine Coast. We took the Kilcoy turn off along the D'Aguliar Hwy and wow were we taken aback by how much of that road has been totally rebuilt since the floods. It was well worth the drive just to see how much of a path the water tore through and how much of the mountain road has been re-set. Amazing!

We stopped at Yarraman, picture above and below and fossicked a creek bed for some perforated wood and some crystals. How much fun it was to hold the grass, luckily quite long, as we steadied ourselves and headed down into the creek. Amazingly I lost my girlfriend at one point she’d fallen on her >>> (no damage) and we laughed and laughed. She’s much more of a country dare devil than me. I discovered prickles. Ha ha ha. What was also amazing was all the shells, little pipi (not sure of the spelling of these) and crab shells small and fun. There were thousands of them.

 

We headed up to buy a lotto ticket ... you never know until you give it a go, at the store in Yarraman. We'll let you know if we win by our shots of Paris ... What would it take to go and see Paris??? and more of Australia.... We both love our sunburned country :)

From here we head towards Toowoomba. The road was smooth and well taken care of. The scenery changed to more standard country image; large blocks with cattle and very few houses. We talked often and also allowed ourselves a few quiet moments of reflection. We wondered what people who live in the country do all day. We know there's times when they are busy tending cattle, sheep, fences and markets, yet, what happens when that is not required? We travelled and travelled then came to a small town called Crows Nest, where we stopped for a bite; we had a look at an amazing shop with lots of antique desks and cupboards and there was an arts and crafts store (and a definite answer to our question) .... Let’s go in said my fried ... I was pleasantly surprised at how large it was. I asked the lovely friendly welcoming lady at the counter how long she’d been there and if she owned the shop ...

They’d been there about three years, her and her husband, they’d come from Rochedale, interestingly as I’m currently in Logan myself, it’s a small world. They run it as a co-op, forty eight exhibiters and they all share the rent and the time in the shop collectively. Some of the work is just amazing and well worth a day trip. If you’re thinking of somewhere different to go, I recommend Crows Nest.

We travelled again after a brief hand washing visit. My word the water was cold in them there hills ha ha ha. 

We found a road that head back to Esk and again were surprised by how amazingly smooth and well kept the road was. The trees that dotted the path made the trip kind of eerie, the dark and light it was an amazing adventure. We pulled off the side of the road to let those in a hurry go by and we wound down the track and enjoyed every moment. It was fun.

We arrived in Esk, just in time to fill up with petrol and we met an amazing lady from Canada (it is a very small world) that commented on the sign on the car that she too had enjoyed receiving "Bars" energetic modality.

We visited several shops and of course had to partake of some more amazing hand washing in the cold cold cold and did I mention cold water. Ha ha ha

From Esk we head over the Wivenhoe and the amazing beauty of that dam filled with water. Watching the birds had a very calming effect on our trip coming to a close as we head back home to North Brisbane for my girlfriend and then me to Logan. All round the day was amazing the driving was fun. How does it get better? We travelled over six hundred kilometres and the petrol bill which my kind friend paid was fifty dollars. So for a totally actioned packed day it was great fun and reasonably priced.

Just for something totally different. What was your last adventure? What else is possible?