On the Road Again

From Ban Ban Springs (where nothing ever seems to change), we headed south, for the first time revisiting the route we took on our first road trip two years ago, only this time in the reverse direction.  We had a good run, except for the small red car that slowed us down north of Goomeri.  We seemed to attract small red cars on this trip.

Our accommodation in Goomeri was in a three-bed room in the art deco Grand Hotel.  When we checked in, there was some confusion as to whether we had been overcharged or not, but the girl behind the bar decided to refund some of our money anyway. Jo asked about the WiFi password, only to be told that the owner will reveal it to no-one. Not impressed, Dusty Joe.

Jo and I had wagyu rissoles for dinner, which were delicious, but Jan's calamari was somewhat lacking in the flavour department.  After dinner, we retreated upstairs, where needle, thread and button all came together to make my Day One skirt wearable.

We had already put our freezer bricks in the communal fridge, but didn't want to leave our food and drink in there, in case someone decided to help themselves.  I found a large container of crushed ice in the freezer, and located a takeaway food container in the cupboard which would hold quite a bit of it and keep the esky cool, but Jo had other ideas.  After a beer or three, a shower cap seems like an ideal ice container (before it thaws).  She insisted I fill it with ice, which she promptly dropped all over the carpet.    We then played drunken Pictionary.

In the morning I had a photographic stroll around town.  I found the old railway station and inspected the famous Emporium, but, sadly, it would not open till 9, so I will have to explore inside another time.  The other great shop in Goomeri, CheeseWorld, has sadly been closed for a while, so I didn't get to satisfy my craving for interesting cheese.  I did find some local honey at the garage. 

Goomeri has no op-shops, and we hadn't been inside one since Childers, so we packed the car and headed for Murgon, where our op-shop journeys began in 2014.

(This is Jan on one of her Day One outfits.)