One of the reasons accomodation had been hard to come by in Goomeri was there was some motorcycling event in the area and many of the riders were staying in town. When I say motorcycling event, it was not bikie gangs with crappy Japanese bikes, but a much more posh affair with BMWs and Triumphs and the riders were mostly middle-aged business people. We woke to the sound of some of the riders heading off at around 7:00 AM… so not entirely uncivilised. We followed their lead and went back to the now ‘world famous’ Goomeri bakery for a breakfast tidbit and a coffee. This morning I had a maple bacon danish and Deb opted for a repeat of the cinnamon scroll she had yesterday.
Today’s plan is to end up in Munduberra for a couple of nights. It isn’t that far up the road so we planned out a fairly circuitous route. Our first stop was Wondai where there are some magnificent old buildings. Like many Queensland towns, the best buildings are the pub or the bank. Wondai Is a centre for the local beef, grain and timber industries.
From Wondai we drove to Durong, which has a community hall and a toilet and not much else. I explained to Deb that sometimes the places that look like towns on the map are merely localities. From Durong we headed to the Boondooma Dam. It seems that in the 1970’s there was a lot of dam building going on in Queensland… too bad it doesn’t rain enough to keep them full. Boondooma is at about 30% which is a lot better than Bjelke-Petersen Dam. We had to re-trace our steps back to Proston, where we were able to get some lunch… Pizza! from the local pub, which again was the only place to get food apart from the IGA.
As we drove towards Muduberra we noticed that one of the main features of the landscape was the prevalance of Boab trees. These are also known a Bottle trees because of their shape. There are Boab trees that are native to Australia, but these only occur in the Kimberleys and the Northern Territory. The ones on the east coast are from Madagascar. The one below is about 20 metres tall… bigger than I have ever seen. It was in the middle of a paddock, so some droning got me closer.
We arrived in Munduberra at about 4PM, grabbed some nibbles for dinner and settled in to watch the sunset. Those who don’t know me that will will say ‘how romantic’ … the rest will know that it’s all about the photos.
We are staying at a cottage just out of town, so I thought I’d try some night photos of the stars.
Until tomorrow!
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Great info for my planning