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Back on the road again, we travelled through some beautiful country and the scenery from Ipswich to Warwick along the Cunningham Highway was spectacular. We saw a patchwork of brilliant green and dark volcanic soil, and the beautiful mountain back drop and the sun shining made everything sparkle. I think we saw it at its best. Likewise the country around Moree was looking lovely after recent rains. We found a great camping spot out of Narrabri at Yarrie Lake. Can you believe two days ago the lake was dry? It is a very well serviced spot with each spot having a shelter, fire pit, BBQ, water and rubbish bin. We could have stayed there more than one night!

  

 We walked right around the lake which is only 3 kms and very circular - some reckon it's where a meteor landed! 

The paddocks around Narrabri and the lake were very wet so the farmers will be hoping for some sunny days now to dry things up. We even had some creek crossings - not quite like the Gibb River but still flowing. 

      

We left the Newell Highway busy with caravans galore and very rude trucks and headed to Narramine and Condoblin and enjoyed a much more peaceful route - though there were still a few trucks. We are now at Lake Cargellico -  even around here things are pretty wet so no off road bush camping this time!  We hear that they've had 6 inches in the last couple of weeks - with a wet month forecast so very good news for the catchments. The caravan park here is lovely and it's a good way to spend our last night using camp facilities. The Lake is now 80% full and expected to fill in the next few days. It looks lovely.

      

  On the road here this lake was over full!      

Meanwhile, we made the most of our time in Ipswich and really got to know the area a little better with our walks and drives. Ipswich is a lovely city with beautiful parks and gardens and some beautiful old buildings. We really enjoyed our scenic rim tour which took us through some lovely country and little towns. We enjoyed a lunch break at Wyaralong  Dam - it was built in 2011 and has fantastic amenities and is a popular recreation area with mountain bike and walking tracks and world class rowing facilities. We loved the spill way which looked very artistic:

     

We also loved watching the para gliders at Mt Tambourine - it looked so peaceful and can certainly see the attraction. 

   

We enjoyed being with the Greenwood family and we were made most welcome all the time and certainly well looked after. (well maybe a little too well 😉😉) it was also good to catch up with Andrew and see another part of Brisbane. 

Now we are at the end of our 13 week trip of 15,000km. It's been a wonderful trip and we have so many memories we'll never forget. We have been acclimatised to cold weather and long ago packed away our shorts and T shirts!! Luckily we glampers have gas heaters in our vans 😀😀.  We however, do look forward to being home and catching up with the family - little Mia won't even know who we are!! 

So from the happy travellers, farewell till our next trip. ❌❌❌⭕️⭕️⭕️