Long Straight Roads

I have lots of photos for you today, so please bear with me while I go through our day.

On Friday R bought a hat at Mellors Drapery. I forgot to tell you about that.  It is such a lovely hat made of kangaroo skin and so soft.  He loves it and it looks good on him.

Yesterday, Saturday,  we drove approximately 440 kms from Biloela to Rubyvale.   We saw lots of interesting places along the way.  Our first stop was at Banana.  Banana was a bullock and they named the town after him.  How about that!  It is not a very big town and we saw lots of trucks parked there while the drivers appeared to be having a bit of a yarn together.

We had lots of long straight stretches through Bauhinia and Rolleston.  Every time we could see a long hill in front of us and when we got to the top there was another long stretch waiting.

Coming near to Springsure we were waved off the road by a police car as there was a very wide load following.  We got right off the road in a lay by and were in a good spot to see the convoy of large trucks passing.  The last one seemed to be a huge tray from an ore carrier.

Shortly after that we passed some cyclists and they were friends of Judith & Grant’s from Biloela.  So we stopped (well off the road of course) and said hello.  They are raising money to give to the cancer fund.

Springsure and we took photos of the old house made completely of corrugated iron.

We had lunch at the local takeaway shop in Springsure and the food was very good.  And we were ready for it too.  The day was getting quite warm, but all the food places have tables under a shade structure of some sort.  This place was really clean with good service too.

Further down the road we stopped to look at Mt Zamia and theVirgin Rock, but it was hard to get a good photo as the sun was shining right into the camera.

More long straight roads into Emerald where the temperature was 37 degrees.  We bought supplies for dinner at Coles supermarket in Emerald and continued down the road to Anakie where we turned off to go through Sapphire and then arrive at Rubyvale. We have a nice unit here at Rubyvale Motel and Holiday Units.  We were besieged by birds wanting scraps of bread and two cheeky lorikeets sat on R’s foot.  The blue-gray birds were apostle birds.

 

We all had a swim in the pool.  It felt cold as the outside temperature was around 38 degrees, but was certainly refreshing.

Judith and I cooked some steaks on the barbecue while the men watched the rugby.  Then it was time for bed and some rest to get ready for our next day’s adventures.  Someone mentioned markets and fossicking for sapphires.  Could be a good day.