Takarakka Bush Resort to St. George. - 18/10/12

A big day of travel – some 400+km, in hot temperatures of circa 37degrees.

We say our farewells to Peter D. who is driving back to Brisbane today [ some 11.5 hours].  It was really great spending the few days with Peter and we all look forward to catching up with he & Sue in the future.   Hope you have good news Peter concerning the arrival of the new grandchild when you get home.

We had our first stop at Injune for a coffee break.  It was a very neat town and the lady at the Information centre was very friendly and informative.  We had started to encounter large farm machinery in transit on the roads……very oversized…approximately 1.5 lanes wide.

We followed an oversized truck for some distance and Tony was anxious to pass him.  He asked Dot to get on the CB and get the driver to let us know when it was safe to pass.  Dot chatted to the driver who was quite agreeable and he was overheard to call his support vehicle with the request – “I have 2 little ones behind me”  Hehe love it.  He duly let us know and Dot called Tony on the CB – '”now Tony”  no sign of Tony in the rear view mirror, Dot calls again “Tony NOW’  No  sign of him.  Dot calls again “NOW TONY NOW”  Finally the troopie appears in the rear-view mirror passing the truck.  Phew.  Tony admitted later that he had his foot flat to the floor and was peddling hard and didn’t think he was going to be able to pass!!!!  Haha is this one up  for the PRADO with turbo, we had heaps of juice left and could have gone faster.

A further 120km onto  Roma for some shopping and lunch.    A backlog of Telstra messages started to come in.

Around another 200 km through a variety of landscapes we arrive at St George mid afternoon and seek a bit of extra comfort via a motel  for a good shower and fresh clothes.

Tomorrow’s target is a caravan park at NSW’s Lightning Ridge.