Out and about 2021

Friday 19.11.21.  Heading out for a few days before it gets too hot or too wet. Stopped to make morning tea in Woolooga at a park. Then on to J.A Gorton oval to set up camp in Maidenwell.  Short walk around town.  Memorial and pub in the background.  All genders toilets 🚻  Shared a huge pizza 🍕 at the pub for dinner and watched the red moon rising. Only saw 1 satellite and a couple of planes before the mossies got too much and we retired early.  We travelled 248kms today. Saturday 20.11.21. Grass was very wet this morning when we went for a walk.  Swinging bridge, Cooyar.  Friends property in Kogan. We cooked a beautiful roast on the camp fire for dinner.  Sunday 21.11.21. After bacon and duck eggs for breakfast Mark and I went for a 12km bike ride on dirt roads. After a couple of games of Qwirkle Amelia made a platter for lunch, including bao buns with bolognese sauce.  Played trivia games in the afternoon before cooking a lamb and ve...

 After a terrible night's sleep we are heading home today. We'll do a quick clean, repack and head out again in a week. Probably the last trip for the year. Departed at 9am after a very leisurely breakfast and pack up.  Stopped in Gympie for morning tea. Beside the hwy but a lovely view for a brew.

 The cruiser is have a fuel tank fitted today. They'll have the car all day so we'll be exploring on our fold up bikes. The seats are rock hard and by 10 kms I usually have a numb bum 🥴 Looking across to Scarborough,  where we eventually rode to for a coffee.   Fairy was along the cycle track.    Found a rock to add to my collection.     Jabiru canal     Coffee with a view     The new Hornibrook bridge Hornibrook Bridge is a heritage-listed mostly-demolished road bridge on the Hornibrook Highway over Hays Inlet at Bramble Bay from Brighton to Clontarf, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Manuel Hornibrook and built from 1932 to 1935 by Manuel Hornibrook.   Wikipedia  Closed in 2010.  Total length:  2,684 m    Old Hornibrook bridge  Not a very fast ride but a long, undulating ride where we were attacked by a magpie who drew blood multiple times and abused by an old lady for rid...

 Went for a short ride ~6km exploring the area near us. Road surface is beautiful and smooth. Nice big houses on decent size blocks. Looked like rain brewing again so we headed for home and a cuppa tea. Today we plan to go to the Abbey museum of Art and Archaeology.    Early farming.               ↕️          ↕️               ↕️          ↕️            ↕️           ↕️           ↕️           ↕️ ↕️           ↕️             ↕️  The wood panelling came from the same location.    The Abbey  The gardens were large and well kept. We went across to Bribie Island for lunch and a look around. We have been here a few times before. Went for a walk around the paddock, checking out the h...