Toowoomba to Carnarvon Gorge
We left Toowoomba just before lunch on Sunday 14 June & travelled via
Dalby & Chinchilla – both big centres. Huge areas of harvested cotton – BIG
SKY country. My sore throat developing into full blown cold!
We arrived in Roma at 4.45 – showers of rain last 20kms –
not a good sign for going to Carnarvon Gorge! We headed for the Big Rig
Caravan Park
- FULL sign outside
Neighbours solved our ‘no power in van’ problem! Warren rigged up the TV
aerial for me to watch ‘The Secret River’ to find there was NO ABC
reception!!!!
After a little more rain overnight, we decided with
surrounding neighbours not to chance going to Carnarvon Gorge – 16 kms of dirt
to get there.
After looking around Roma – place of the original natural
gas & oil finds & production – found an ENORMOUS EMPORIUM with 8 aisles
stacked ceiling to floor with anything you might want!!!!! We bought a ‘jam
setting thermometer’ & handkerchiefs for Warren . There was everything in 4 sizes &
hundreds of colours! Wonderful!
An hour’s drive to Injure – the best Information Centre
ever! Free tea/coffee & yummy biscuits; plus we were able to book Canarvon
Gorge stay after hearing rain had not affected road & there were camping
places!!!! Opposite the Info Centre was The Church – Church of England, Roman
Catholic, Presbyterian and Uniting Church ALL in one – what a great progressive
idea for all!
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