Take Care Where you park 23/05/2019

Be mindful of where you park your car



These cars where parked here in Yelarbon's main street minding there own business when a truck that doesn't slow down when taking a sharp left turn after coming over railway crossing  , and wiped out these three cars as well as the awning to this building which is situuated in main street of Yelarbon coming from Gondiwindi, happened around Easter time 2019.

OUCH!!

YELARBON 26/04/2019

 YELARBON                                                                                            26th April 2019


 Yelarbon is a small town in south-central Queensland on the Dumaresq River, near the New South Wales border. It sits on the Cunningham Highway midway between Goondiwindi and Inglewood
 
The first things you notice when coming into Yelarbon are the eight extra large grain silos

Extra large Grain Silo



Another thing of interest here is the remains of the Dingo Barrier Fence and some old historical buildings.

An old strainer post is all the remains of the end of the original  Dingo Barrier Fence. 





The Dingo Barrier Fence stretching 8,320 kilometers from South Australia to Queensland terminated at Yelarbon

TEXAS QLD 20/05/2019

 TEXAS   QLD

                                                                                                                     April /May 2019
Texas is a small country town on the border of QLD and NSW.

Well I am finally here, arriving Good Friday 2019
I have always been wanting to go Texas, the name has drawn me to this town . The town is home to the largest feedlot in Australia and also the rabbit works (Australian history of rabbit plaque back in 1920)

The river flats and surrounding area are dotted with old tobacco barns another reminder of the towns farming history, today cotton and fodder are grown.


We stayed at Southern Border Accommodation Park 

Southern Border Accommodation Park front entrance

 owned by Jason & Sandra WHITE new owners since January 2019. They both go the extra mile to make you feel welcome and will greet you warmly with a smile and  a good chat. Well worth a visit.


There is a bowls club here which welcomed us quite warmly.

Memorial Hall Texas Qld

It may be dry due to no rain but there are many places of interest in surrounding area to drive around and see such as Glenlyon Dam, Bonshaw Weir,
 & Goat Rock, some of which are over in the NSW border.

Coolmunda Dam in drought times taken 15/05/19

Storm King Dam in drought times 15/05/19

COOKTOWN

30/08/2018

COOKTOWN QLD 

a Drive from Dimbulah   to Mareeba taking
Mareeba-Dimbulah Road (State Route 27) Mossman-Mount Molloy Road (State Route 44)

Cook's Lookout

PORT DOUGLAS 22/09/2018

22nd September 2018

Sharon SHEPPEARD standing at lookout over looking Port Douglas

Port Douglas
many people pay a fortune to stay and play, unless I win lotto I wont be able to stay here.






A beautiful place, sunny days mostly, very humid temp which most people like.There are lots of high rise apartments and heaps of coffee  and dress  shops for the yuppies to spend money.

view from Port Douglas shore looking at Cruise liner 

The beach with cruse ship in background

 We walk to the beach hoping to get sand between  our toes  BUT what is this? A hessian mat all the way to the waters edge,




Lots of blue and white umbrella with matching deck chairs under them, all full with over seas visitors soaking up the sun.

So they (tourist oversea visitors) don't take sand back to the apartments, some of them don't like the feel of sand on their feet
 
 
 Most of these people sitting here have paid a small fortune to be here. Some will pay later for soaking in the hot sun too long, fair sink and sun don't mix.


The view from the lookout is spectacular

foreshore of Port Douglas

Greg DAVIS at Port Douglas lookout

Wivenhoe dam 2019

Wivenhoe dam 2019

lets hope it rains soon to fill this up.

splill way over flow wall but where is the water????

view from Esk side of dam

Wivenhoe Dam's primary function is to provide a safe drinking water supply to the people of Brisbane and surrounding areas

at the time of these the water level was down to 30%  even the flood gates are not open as there is not enough water to 
release to Brisbane. It better rain soon.

spillway closed (lookout)

photos were taken 23rd March 2019

water flow from spillway usually flowing fast but not today.

image taken form website  what spillway should look like

Just perfect 22/12/2018

Burnett Heads    Oaks Beach                                                                            22nd DECEMBER 2018

A beautiful sunset at Burnett heads

Beautiful one day perfect the next, spent 6 months here

Allora April 2019

 ALLORA

You never know what you might see while driving around Allora.
to my surprise a 'herd of camels'.

Allora is a small country town off the highway between Toowoomba and Warwick. Some lovely country drives in and around Allora one know as Cedar route taking you to Queen Mary Falls, Spring Creek Rd, Killarney.