Today was another longish trip, but the direction changed from Southbound to Eastbound as we head away from the inland route back to the coastal route of the Bruce.
After breakfast we headed out through a mix of country side yet again, there were less mountains but plenty of gently rolling hills and table lands. Yet again we were unable to find a bakery, or any other establishment for our morning coffee. In reality that was probably a good thing, in the last few week we had been getting a reasonable amount of exercise. With all the driving and the heat and humidity the exercising has dropped of whereas the cream cake intake was on the rise for a while.
Luckily we met the herd of cows a few days ago and learned the secret of getting by them…… just drive! We met another herd on the road today, this time there was no cow person in sight and no other vehicles to follow. If it wasn’t for the meeting with the cows previously I’d probably still be sitting there waiting for therm to move. Pulling forward at 5-10kph seemed to get them moving, there was a strong temptation to use the horn to see what effect that would have, but I was worried about the amount of paperwork that might create when the car was returned.
We also passed through coal mining country again, marked by large slag heaps.
We a number of fields where we couldn’t identify the crop, but we now think it was cotton.
Although we didn’t get a picture Lyn managed to spot a kangaroo off to the side of the road, I would have pulled over but, for one of the few occasions on this drive, there was vehicle right behind me.
A little further on Lyn spotted another creature off the side of the road, this time I was able to stop. After a little research once we reached the hotel it was Identified as an Australian Bustard, Australia’s largest flying bird.
We managed to find 3 geocaches today, which helped to break up the trip. and give us a little exercise. We are also back in the land of Vodaphone so my original SIM card works, as does voice and texts.
Tomorrow we should be seeing the Ocean again.