Sunday 6th March 2011 - Landsborough Queensland

The last few days have been very hectic -  Collected the Toyota Landcruiser Thursday evening, & the new caravan Friday afternoon.  Wouldn't you know it, the rain was absolutely torrential.  So there we were with strange vehicle, strange caravan , peak hour traffic & torrential rain!  And guess what?  We made it all without mishap.  Stu says the van is great to tow, so that's a relief.  We had decided not to go back to Maleny with it as the ground is so sodden & it's not real flat, so booked into this caravan park at Landsborough which is mostly permanents.  All very tidy & nice, I think most of them are retired people trying to live a cheaper lifestyle on their pension.  We haven't had a conversation with anyone as yet as we are in & out so much still picking up bits  & pieces to fit out the van, plus food.  Had our first dinner in the van last night as we have been to local pub a couple of times & no wonder there are a lot of obese people around - the meals were huge.  Stu & I shared fish & chips & salad (3 big pieces of fish for one serving).  Made it cheap anyway.   Yesterday Trevor did a full service on the car which gives us peace of mind once we set off.   We will be here  tonight, but will park behind Trevor's workshop tomorrow night as he is going to do one last check on landcruiser for us.  Then we will set off at last,  probably aiming for south of Gold Coast on Tuesday.  Weather forecast is not very good, so we may grow fins .  One good thing about it, it's not so hot &  once the rain stops it seems to dry up quite quickly.  Daughter in law Cris & the three children are coming to view the van sometime today so hope it's not raining then, though we have a great roll out awning which keeps everything quite sheltered as it can be set low to protect the doorway , & also there is a concrete pad beside the van which is the norm here it seems.