Ipswich

Well the rain we've been been expecting for days finally arrived!! Our being 'safe' meant we were parked on bitumen at Dalby - we called it the Coles car park!! It wasn't very scenic and had absolutely zero ambiance but if it did rain, we would have been dry!!

      

We enjoyed a beautiful Chinese meal from across the road - the  best value Chinese meal we've ever had and very tasty 😋😋. We had an early night but probably endured the noisiest night we've had with music from the pub next door, patrons being loud, drunk park guests,  sirens and a girl screaming on top of her voice!!! After our peaceful Columboola nights it was a rude shock. 

We set off early as we could see clouds gathering - and as we approached Toowoomba it got darker and darker!

      

         

Then at Toowoomba we struck heavy fog going down that steep descent - we were surprised to see the elevation of Toowoomba is 650metres - and the descent takes you to about 200 metres so it's a big drop!

     

We arrived here at Rick and Flo's just as light rain started so we quickly parked on the lawn and spent the rest of the day high and dry on the verandah. How fortunate we were to not have to spend the day in a caravan park as it rained all day and well into the night - Ipswich recorded 52mm so it was a fair drop! Fortunately, it wasn't stormy at all here with no damaging winds or anything - it's hard to believe only some 50 kms away the story was different!

There was a mini Greenwood reunion here last night with Rob, Prue and Ashley, Brad, Alison and their three boys and of course Dennis & Tops, Rick and Flo. You can imagine the laughter!  We also met  Flo's   new Granddaughter Indi and her proud mum and dad David and Jodie along with Hazel and Jay. So it was a busy household and Rick and Flo of course fed us till we were nearly bursting then Prue brought out a beautiful pavlova to top us up! We'll certainly need to diet after these few days here.

Today Rick and Flo are at work so Tops and I have taken over the washing machine and to make use of the drying windy day and the boys are busy cleaning again! 

      

Tomorrow we plan to do a spot of sightseeing around the place then Wednesday we take the vans in for their service.  Then we'll head home probably - rather quickly as once we start to think about home, we don't want to dilly dally! 

We were all a little sad that we missed Mila's first communion yesterday - she looked so grown up and gorgeous - along with her sponsor Ruby and all the family.

So till our nex blog, love from the spoilt travellers ❌❌❌❌⭕️⭕️⭕️⭕️