Today we started off on our ticky tour of Queensland. We are wanting to go further north and off towards the beach for some warmer weather. Although the days have been pleasant at Paul’s the nights have been rather cold with frosts on a couple of nights. Waking up to ice on the outside of the van hasn’t been that enjoyable.

We’re not sure of where to go but may head up to Bundaberg. Today was a bit of driving and because we took our time packing up, we didn’t get as far as we could have done.

Getting to around 4:00 p.m. we started heading off down a road that suddenly turned into one lane and without any sign of a campsite for miles Jo didn’t want us to proceed and wanted to return to the main road.

So having stopped I turned the van around only to find a large truck sat right beside me. I’m sure I checked the mirrors but I some how didn’t see it coming. That was a near miss and re-enforced our resolve to find some where quickly.Having rejoined the main road we soon saw signs for Boondooma Homestead. so in we turned.

After meeting a fellow camper who wasn’t sure if or where we could stay the camp host turned up. We were shown where to park and invited to happy hour at 5.00.

The homestead was built around 1850 by 3 Scottish brothers who bought up all the land rights around. Initially farming sheep, they turned to cattle when the grass failed. The farm has now been broken up and the local council now own the homestead.