20250703 After a few days at Cracow we packed up and left for Eidsvold passing sites we’ve seen many times on our travels to Cracow, even passing an old camp spot that brought back some good memories of our stay. There were many vans heading towards Cracow, get in first or you will miss out on the powered sites. Arriving in Eidsvold hungry and the pubs shut on Mondays so we parked up and I grabbed my bag, don’t forget to lock the van Des. As we cross the road, on the corner is a Cafe/ Motel, the only cafe in town, we walked in and a young aboriginal lad took our order. I remember him well, because he had a big smile, well mannered and very polite which was nice to see in our youths. After we finished our lunch and we were leaving, the young lad said, have a great trip, it was such a pleasure to be served by a lovely polite lad.
If you’re ever in Eidsvold this is a great cafe with good food and lovely service.
Very neat and clean and it even has a bar if you’re after a cocktail or three.
With our bellies full we drove onto Gyandah to camp the night at the Showgrounds, where we were meet be the smiley faced caretaker who pointed us in the right direction for our camp, we set up then grabbed a beer and walked the grounds for something to do.
A mural of Youth and Peace.
The statue commemorates the First Queensland Derby, which was run in Gayndah in 1868.
This type of artwork on street poles is often a form of public art or part of a community beautification project, sometimes associated with local festivals or events.
The old store was built in the early 1920s as a branch of Overells Pty Ltd, a major Queensland department store. It became associated with the Mellor family when Cedric Mellor leased the building in 1954, and later purchased it in 1963. Unfortunately its now empty like many of the stores in Gayndah.
Now this I have never seen, it’s a Flying Fox Change Dispenser, it was used in retail stores to transport cash and receipts from the sales counter to a central cashier's office. It allowed shop assistants to focus on serving customers at the counter without needing to go to a separate cashier's office for transactions.
Living the country dream.
04/07 We drove into town and walked the streets, I remembered when we were here in 2020 we had lunch at the Burnett Hotel and Des got the largest rissoles he had ever seen and the food was great but it’s now closed. We continued our walk down the streets and there seemed like many more shops have closed, but I did find myself inside a boutique where I happily walked out with a nice pair of brown fur lined boots. We then stopped at the Big Orange as we do for a coffee and cake before continuing our journey passing Ban Ban Springs where we usually camp but not this time, passing Taney, Goomere and onto our favourite camp spot, Broadwater Camping Reserve just before Nanango where we intend to stay for a week, maybe.
As we approach our camp the sheep dog on duty run out barking to let us know he’s watching us as he protects his flock of sheep.
We camped up the went in search of some wood, we’re gunna need an enough for a week so get to work Des.
Our nightly sunset and a lush green field with the cattle as a back drop.
How crazy are we sitting outside in the freezing cold, but you can’t beat a good fire and a few drinks, our nightly routine and loving it.
We ended up staying five days in our own little piece of paradise and the only hiccup we had was when a camper turned up with a bloody yapping dog, so here we were on a beautiful quite night and all we could here was this dog constantly barking, shut the hell up I yelled then Des joined in yelling to the owner to shut ya dog up, we didn’t hear it again.
I’m watching you, as we leave our favourite camp.
The End
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