Brisbane to Bundaberg

500km today and a very nice ride.

After owning my Tomtom navigator for several yeaars now and getting totally frustrated with it at times I dug deeper into the settings and think I may have solved some issues. Some people are just slow learners.

Anyway we said bye and thanks to Liam and set off in the very pleasant 21 degrees.

The first 100km or so were all motorway as we bypassed Brisbane and headed towards Towoomba. We stopped in Fernvale for breakfast. This is biker central, we saw heaps of bikes out enjoying these amazing roads and the sunshine.

Rolling hill country for the next couple of hundred km’s, mainly beef fattening country by the look of it with a few crops.

All the way today we have seen blackened fields which are obviously a controlled burn off. There were also a few blackened areas on the verges where things became uncontrolled I suspect. There was one hill in particular that just looked like bush to me but much smoke was rising from it.

It is very dry up here, I can see how things can change very quickly.

On and on through lovely countryside and as the hills flattened out it was all crop land.

We are aware that we need to drink more as the temp increases so we stop every hour or so for a big drink of water and sometimes a little snack as well.

As we got close to Bundaberg we noticed acres and acres of sugar cane and citrus trees.

It is now 29 degrees so things have changed fast.

People have been saying and we’ve read that it is unseasonably warm for this time of year. So we will see, at least the humidity is low.

Well we are now feeling like we’re on our own, the next familiar face we see will possibly be in Perth!