20190907 Qld Toowoomba

20190907 We need to escape this wind and with the fires in the hinterland out of control we’ve decided to cut out trip short and head home, stopping at Toowoomba to spend a night with Glen and Ingrid, to our delight Tony, who I haven’t seen in years and his girlfriend Annette were there, let the party begin.

The night begins by sitting around a pot belly fire with black smoke bellowing from the chimney, what is that wood your burning Glen as we pass a piece smelling it to try and work out what it was.

As the night rolls on the laughs begin and I cut Des out of the photo, she always cuts me out says Des.

 I think  their laughing about our hands covered in some sort of oil after smelling the wood, what the hell is this wood.

Smile for the blog guys.

08-09-2019 OMG, we all woke with black oily soot all through our hair and over our face not to mention, all through the house, it took me three shampoo’s to get it out of my hair, what was the bloody wood Glenn.

Des so wanted to drive down the new motorway but it didn’t open until 6pm so Glen drives as Ingrid takes on the role of tour guide, as we stop at the opening for some photos of the new motorway and if your keen you could run in the marathon, walk or just viewing the days event, well they can all piss off so I can us it Des recons.

The Toowoomba Second Range Crossing is now an alternative crossing of the Toowoomba Range for all classes of heavy vehicles, this is to improve freight efficiency, driver safety and reduce pressure on Toowoomba’s roads.

That cheeky bugger Des gives us a hard time, gee look at me getting a photo under a bridge name, wow he says, just take the photo.

Our tour guide Ingrid gives us the run down on the naming of the Brett Forte Bridge, named in honour of the police officer shot in the line of duty in the Lockyer Valley.

An aerial view of the new motorway, of the 24,600 vehicle movements daily on the existing crossing, 4400 are heavy vehicles, up to 80% of these are expected to use the new motorway improving the bottle neck of Toowoomba. 

How impressive is our new Motorway but unfortunately once again our government has let us down by adding a tool, it makes me wonder why we are paying exorbitant rego’s.

On our return Ingrid our tour guide tells us this was once housing for people with epilepsy, gee it looks like it.

Glen text us to buy a whole lamb, head and all ready for a spit, how was I to know he was joking, we brought a lamb, without the head but didn't need it so Glenn hassled Des to stay the night, yum a roast dinner you have to stay, have a beer glen says, no ya prick, their was no changing his mind, just take me how ya prick as we all peed laughing.

Thanks for a fun stay and thank to Ingrid for commentary of the area.