DAY : Monday 26/2/24 - Burnett Heads to Gayndah
Up and straight into coffee and breakfast this morning. Pack up the caravan and hook up the car again - yep we're on the road again.
9am and it's time to depart Burnett Heads for our next overnight destination of Gayndah. Once we're out past Biggenden the scenery was just beautiful with rolling green hills and fields of produce, just a shame the road was so awful.
Arriving around lunchtime in Gayndah, we drove through town but couldn't find the Heritage Railway Station we were staying at tonight. Finally found it over the other side of the River. Pulling up there was nobody else here, Craig not terribly sure if he wanted to stay here tonight. We got out and had a walk around, it's a pretty little station. We moved the car and van under the big awning in the shade to have some lunch and decide if we'd stay.
Des the old Station Master pulled in and had a yarn with us. He'll be doing a tour of the Sunlander carriages in the morning. We asked Des what the go was with the camping and he explained he mowed the grass this morning and you camped over that area opposite the station buildings on the grass, there are toilets available at the station 24/7. Camping is $5.00 pp/pn no power and a volunteer comes around in the afternoons to collect it. It is pet friendly also.
Another van pulled in while we were having lunch, he asked if we were staying and we said we'd decide after having lunch. With no back up plan for tonight and it's another 3 hours to Jondaryan Woolshed, Craig decided he didn't feel like driving any further so we would stay at the Heritage Train Station. It is stinking hot again today. We decided on a spot for the night and got the awning up quickly, it honestly feels like it's about 38 degrees it is not pleasant. No air con tonight sadly, but we've got our new Kickass rechargeable oscillating fan so we'll give that a run tonight.
The first half a dozen or so camp spots are divided up with plants in between each one and further down it's just a big open grassed area.
The ladies toilet in the station is the original one with the bench seat in the outer room, where the ladies could wait on a hot day.
Dinner will be Porterhouse steak, Chicken Kiev with salad since it's so hot. Neighbouring camper came over for a chin wag for a bit. He and his wife are ex-service people, nice couple. Showers in the van for the first time this trip tonight. We sat outside enjoying the peace and quiet but I think the heat of the afternoon was just too much and we both retreated to bed.
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