Finally we have the appointment out of the way and can start exploring Queensland. We by-passed Brisbane and Ipswich and decided to spend a few nights at Esk, a small country town close to Wivenhoe Dam. This dam became famous when it overflowed last year and flooded the valley, killing many and causing extreme damage all the way to Brisbane.
We found a neat little caravan park at Esk with very friendly residents and management and a koala in the tree next to our van site. He slept nearly all day and came to life in the late afternoon to eat. Sometimes we could hear him growling at the birds who dared to enter his tree.Goomeri Showground made a great base for a few nights from where we could visit many other small town, Murgon, Wondai and Nanango.
Wondai has a very good timber museum and still has a working timber mill.
From Goomeri we made our way through Tansey, Ban Ban Springs and Coalstoun Lakes before a stop for lunch at Biggenden. From Biggenden it was only a short trip to Childers.
