Day 2: Wed 19 Apr 23 - Mundubbera to Monto, 110km; total towed: 302km

14 degC at Mundubbera to 28 degC at Monto, another excellent QLD day

Greg went for an early walk while Wendy semi-prepared the van for departure. As we were parking up yesterday, Wendy heard a noise in the rear passenger side wheel of the van. Thinking the worst (another magnet failure), before we hit the road this morning, Wendy drove whilst Greg listened. Off came the wheel, and thankfully it was only the grease cap that had jiggled loose. Phew!! The one thing we’ve come to expect with caravanning is that there is always something going on with either the van or the vehicle to keep you on your toes.

On the road finally, just before 8:30am, and we didn’t stop until we reached Monto. There were only two other campers here,  so we had a choice of sites; we took #5. We had mornos after setting up, then had a little rest; all this fresh country air is relaxing us! After lunch, Greg went for a ride to find some hills, and that he did. Really enjoyed them too. He said he felt better than he has in a long while so that’s promising. Wendy went for a stroll around town, but didn’t see anything new; it’s still a lovely town.

Back to the van for some personal admin and pre-blogging and an afternoon cuppa. Greg then went for a walk before getting glammed up for our Wednesday night outing at the pub. Last time we were here, we went to the Albert, so tonight we went to the Grand. Greg’s schnitty was pretty good, while Wendy’s steak was more on the done side, it was still tasty so that was good. A few steps back to the van, where we sat outside for about 30 mins and saw two airplanes and four confirmed satellites. Greg thought he may have seen a shooting star as well. Not bad sighting for being in the middle of town with a lot of ambient light.

The BIG mandarin at Mundubbera

Monto street sculptures

Cotton



Monto clock tower

Monto painted water tower 


Albert Hotel Monto

Monto Court House

Monto concert hall, shire council and shire chambers

Monto lane way murals

Another Monto Mural

Monto war memorial 

Monto post office

Dinner venue








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