Everyone has an expectation meter. I know that I do.
So I’m just putting it out there, but if your expectations are like the meter above, then I’d highly recommend that you dial it back a bit .. or a lot.
If you were to Google “seriously slow news day”, you would probably get a link to today’s post.
Sorry about that.
We stayed out the back of the Westmar Pub and Roadhouse. Free camping with the expectation that you will go into the pub and support them by buying a meal and a drink … all of which cost >$60 and it would have been much cheaper to stay in a caravan park.
C’est la vie.
Despite being on a crossroads in the middle of nowhere, it was surprisingly quiet at night considering all of the trucks. Dark, seriously dark, but quiet.
We pulled up the anchor at about 8.30am and decided that we would head for home. It is about 400km from Westmar to home, and while that is a big day driving, we would otherwise have two really small travel days and it didn’t seem worth stretching it out for one more day when there are so many things we could be doing at home.
So we pulled out onto the Moonie Highway, turned right, and headed off.
As with previous days, the roads were long, straight, bumpy and uneventful. Uneventful to the point of boring. Nothing to see, nothing to do, but sing along to today’s Spotify playlist: Modern Country.
MBW chose it today.
On our last roadtrip, on the last day’s post, I made a comment about going to the Coffee Club at Dalby and having a bad experience.
Guess what?
Same place, same Coffee Club store, and the same bad experience. MBW went into the fabric store next door to browse, and I went to the counter to order coffee.
Me: “Could I have two cappuccinos please?”
Grumpy bum: “What table are you sitting at?”
Me: “I don’t have a table yet” … turning around and pointing … “that one.”
GB: “Well you will need to go and sit at that table so that we can come and serve you. We do table service here”
Me: “Unlike every other Coffee Club that I’ve ever been into?”
GB: “Yes, we are different here”
Me: “Hmmm, OK then. How about I just find somewhere else to buy my coffee”.
Exit stage right.
We had a lovely coffee and pecan pie at Stella Rossa across the street.
Bought a few groceries in Aldi, just to continue our winning streak of daily grocery purchases whether we need it or not, loaded up Elsie and pointed towards Wellington Point.
We saw cotton growing in a field, but that’s about as exciting as it got.
I wish I could say that I dragged someone from a fiery car crash, or delivered a baby at the side of the road, or even helped a little old lady across the street … but none of that would be true.
Probably the most exciting thing that happened was that we changed the Spotify playlist to “One Hit Wonders” … but that’s pretty sad really 🙁
We got home just after lunch, cleaned out Elsie and Percy and I gave Elsie a bath. I’m not going to bore you with the minutiae of the pack down, but it included washing, unpacking, unloading and putting things away.
Boring.
Today we travelled a total of 419km.
So that’s about it!
We travelled a total of 4,690km on the whole trip which – on reflection – was probably a bit too far as it was quite tiring.
The trip was a bit of a Whitman’s Sampler box, and we certainly found a whole bunch of places that we would love to go back and visit again some time, and spend a whole lot more time there.
Thanks for tagging along!
Ciao!
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