So I woke this morning way too early abuzz with confusion as to which direction to head.... So I lay about deciding that I should get up and get going, having decided to head to Melbourne and visit my cousin. I decided to drive at least half way today, nothing new for me to see between here and there. I got up, packed everything, I hope! and departed Toowoomba at 7:37.
I stopped at the roadhouse at Goondiwindi for morning tea, which I sat in the garden where there were several tables and chairs to eat, and observed an odd looking man staring intently at 2 women with a baby. Nothing unusual about that except that he was painting his fingernails with nail polish, he finished one nail, rolled a cigarette which it turned out was more than tobacco, I was down wind of him! he then continued painting his nails, still staring intently at the women. When they left he turned his attention to me. A very odd looking man, dressed in average human clothes, but a face to scare children and the elderly. So there he is, a couple of tables away just staring at me as I ate my sandwitch, painting his nails, puffing his joint..... yeah... I left quickly..............
As far as Dubbo there was a fairly constant flow of roadworks... booooooooring................
The Kaputar ranges, just east of Narrabri (below). I used to travel this part of the highway very regularly when I was married as my inlaws lived at Coonabarabran.
The Dish at night near Parkes. Been there in the daylight and always wanted to see it at night, pretty cool!
I stopped at Parkes for the night as I was kinda sick of driving. AND instead of setting up the tent at a caravan park, I booked into a motel! The local forcast is for rain commencing over night and it was beginning to look like they might have it right and I just plain old chickened out of possibly having a wet tent on my first night!
Overall an uneventful day of travel covering 846Km... Tomorrow another 650Km to Melbourne! More to follow...............................
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