Day 43

Day 43 Hervey Bay

Today was a bit trying, we had to get up early and hitch up Girt to get her some

Yeppoon ready for Xmas

new shoes. We have run out of spares and a couple are looking a bit tired, no pun intended (or was there?) so we decided 4 new shoes on the road might let us drive a little easier, at Maureen as she still refuses to give it a go. We took the old girl into the tyre place and dropped her off. We were promised that he would try and get them done by 12 and would ring us.

Off to town we went and found the nearest Coffee Club and had a coffee and toast. I had a read and Maureen wandered the shops and we got a call just on 11

Change of view

saying Girt was all shod in shiny new shoes and was ready to roll, literally. Back we went, paid the bill and hit the road.

Speaking of roads we had about a 4 hour trip that took us over 6 hours. There was so much road works going on and traffic stops. Wait and wait and then crawl on then just get up to speed and stop again. Maureen reckons we did about twenty of them. The roads in Queensland are terrible. I do not know what they spend their money on, but it is not roads. Anyway, we drove down the Bruce Highway until

Stopped

And again

we hit Hervey Bay. I will let you in on a secret, whilst everyone is bombing Iraq to get ISIS, they should be looking closer to home. There is a big sign saying ISIS control centre right outside Hervey Bay, who knew! We are at Frazier Lodge Caravan Park and it is just delightful. We have rushed into town

ISIS location

ISIS HQ

for bite to eat – Barramundi, chips, prawns, scallops and salad, delicious.

Tomorrow we fly out and go to Sydney, cannot wait now.

One for you Tim