Brisbane

Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Mon 28 Mar 2011 07:04
27.27 S 153.04 E
 
From Narrabri we drove via country roads to Warwick; back in Queensland. We were again treated to fabulous views and stopped for lunch in Texas (pretty dead on a Saturday afternoon).
Warwick was a lovely place and we stayed in a brand-new cabin. We walked along the Condamine river and saw the evidence of the severe floods they had there. The debris was still stuck in the branches 10 meter above our heads.
On Sunday we drove to Brisbane via Toowoomba, which was very badly hit by the inland tsunami. People have done a fantastic jobs cleaning the place up, we loved it. On the way down through the Lockyer Valley we did see some evidence of the floods, as well as along the river in Brisbane. In the evening we met up for supper with Robin and Jeff Murdocks, friends we knew in Zimbabwe and who we had not see for about 18 yrs. We had a great evening catching up with each others news.
This morning we collected our new dinghy from Swift Marine, looks good. We managed to fit it on the roof of the already fully laden car. We made our way gently up the coast and are spending our last night in Tewantin, Noosa Heads; very much a holiday resort. Tomorrow back to Bundaberg and Sea Topaz!!