Rally day around the neighbourhood.

Our idea of our neighbourhood is roughly a 100 klm radius.  So when the Scout club announced a Rally day in and near Gunalda, we accepted this chance to see our ‘backyard’.  And because this is the I.H. SCOUT Club, normally we would have brought the Scout.  Unfortunately, our scout has leaking issues and a problem with the carburettor (which is getting fixed tomorrow), so we took the T..T..T..Toyota Landcruiser instead. 

The day started out beautifully.  We stopped for a Macca’s coffee and headed south.

Our starting point was Bill Roddau Park.  There were six vehicles in all, but only one Scout.  We arrived 40 minutes early.

 

Chris and Steve were chatting while we waited for the last few people to arrive. Once we had everybody there, papers were handed out with questions about some of the things were going to see along the way.

The road was narrow and the sky was wide.  The rains finally cleared up to a typical Queensland day.

 

 

This is one of the earlier bridges built in 1886 which was not only used for cars, but for trains carrying livestock and crops to sell.

 

 

As our car clackety clacked across the bridge, we stopped at the park on the other side and walked around having a better look.

Once our information for the rally was taken, we gathered up the crew and headed into a little tiny town called Miva. 

 

 

There we stopped at the local cemetery to get some answers to the questions on our sheets.

 

 

This little cabin was leftover from the 1800’s as well.  Many farmers build newer houses on their properties and just leave the original homestead as an out building.

 

At the end of the rally we stopped in at Theebine Hotel for a counter(a countery) lunch.  We also found another car rally group and I couldn’t resist taking their photo.  Each car was done up very nicely too.

This is our group who attended the rally.  Thanks guys for a really great day~!

 

 

We had a wonderful day out today.  The weather was beautiful, the company was fun, and the BBQ lunch was memorable.  I wouldn’t mind doing this on a regular basis.  I love exploring.