Stanthorpe

Left the Retreat and headed back towards Gympie, turning off the Bruce Highway onto Wide Bay Highway then Burnett Highway, having lunch at Nanango.  Turned onto New England Highway via Crows Nest to Toowoomba where we camped at Federation Park free park.  Nice spot however near the main road which was a bit noisy. Departed early and drove into Toowoomba to check out buying a new Awning. After getting a price, headed off to Warwick via New England Highway where we stocked up with food. 

Called into Stanthorpe before arriving at Glen Aplin to begin our house-sit for Frank & Kanakon (Beer) and their two border/kelpies, Milo and Coco plus a 16 year old cat, which kept to herself!  For the next 7 days we were able to sit inside in recliners, watch big screen TV which was great as the Australian Open Tennis had commenced.  First few days was very humid however an electrical storm erupted with some rain which lowered the temperature considerably. Helen was able to wash all the bedding etc so she was happy!  Drove into Stanthorpe which was bigger than expected and had lunch at the RSL Club before stocking up on food (even had an Aldi) before heading home.  The dogs had a walk both morning and night and had a route they followed each time - sometimes they had extra excitement with a few Kangaroos. They were well behaved dogs and were a pleasure to spend time with.

Main Street of Stanthorpe - Post Office on the right with the clock tower

Evening walk with Coco and Milo

Top lunch stop at Tenterfield under some very shady trees

After 9 enjoyable days at Glen Aplin, we said our farewell to Milo and Coco (wonderful dogs), and headed south to Glen Innes, having a great lunch spot at Tenterfield.  As we crossed the Border from Queensland into NSW had to adjust our clocks to daylight savings time - once again a lot of grumbling as had to adjust to new time zone.  Spending so much time around the Border of NSW/Qld during daylight savings time is a pain as the main clock was Qld time and Microwave set at NSW time.