After a leisurely start, we headed out of Lake Boondooma and back into reasonable civilisation. A lunch and restocking stop at Murgon and then further north to our overnight stop at Gayndah. Gayndah is a large citrus producing area on the upper reaches of the Burnett River - mainly oranges and quite a few mandarins. We had an idea that oranges were produced in the area when we were greeted by this small icon on the southern side of town..
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| The Big Orange |
We set up camp at the boat ramp/rest area just north of town. All good until the fruit pickers had finished for the day and the rest area was inundated with a myriad of suspect station wagons and campervans. Oh, the Roads and Traffic people would have a field day if they were serious about unroadworthy vehicles. There must have been at least four people in each vehicle along with all of their camping gear. They only partied until about 1am and then some of them headed off to work at about 5.30am - not much sleep that night!
The Burnett River is the one that inundated Bundaberg a few months ago and the consequences of its early rush to the coast can be seen as far upstream as Gayndah - although the town itself was spared from its waters.
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| Towards The Bridge |
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| Downstream of The Bridge |
And then had a huge day driving - eighty kilometres - to Eidsvold, an old gold mining town. But not much of anything now! Just a rest day to recharge all of our batteries with 240 volt but, once more, a nasty squally storm descended on us in the afternoon. It must be our magnetism or something like that as we can't seem to get away from them.
Hoping that the water at Wuruma Dam (our next port of call) has cleared a bit and that the roads into the place aren't too bad.
Will let you know once we are in mobile phone service.
Meantime, we hope that everyone stays healthy and well..
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