5TH MARCH 2013  -  LANDSBOROUGH, SUNSHINE COAST QUEENSLAND
 

Finally hit the road from Landsborough at 10am in the rain, we turn  inland through winding native forest roads, with great views of the Glasshouse Mountains which unfortunately I  couldn't stop to photograph.  Later the surroundings became lush cattle country & we are always amused to see the white egrets in large numbers either eating insects off the backs of the cattle or hovering around their feet waiting for them to stir up luscious morsels.  Passing through Kilcoy, a tiny little country town in the Somerset region which changes to  rolling hills & sheep country.  There is still evidence of washed out rivers & closed roads, though the latter did not apply to our route.  The temperature soon rises to 29deg as we climb the hills & finally see two other caravans.  Roadworks become numerous which isn't surprising given the floods they have had.   Our lunchstop was in a lovely little town called Pittsworth with beautiful paved streets so we took the opportunity to purchase meat in a  small town butcher shop who called themselves the 'sausage kings' with varieties I have never heard of before.  They did prove to be very tasty.  Passing over the Condamine River it was obvious how high the water had been & many of the crops were adversely effected.  We were not sure what those were but discovered that it was grain country including birdseed of all things.  By 3.30pm we were pleased to stop at a free roadside rest area for the night which had lots of roadtrains arrive throughout  the hours of darkness.  We were obviously rather tired as we still managed to sleep quite well.