We drove to St George following the Castlereagh Hwy and crossing into Queensland. The road passes through the small villages of Hebel and Dirranbandi. In places there was water on the road from recent rains. The road surface was so rough at times that Beccy wished she had worn a sports bra!
We had a brief stop in Hebel which has a post office and hotel-cum-general store. We didn’t eat there but the pub food is well rated, and the quirky old building with its sloping floor gets mentioned in reviews.
St George is a reasonably large town with a high school, hospital and two supermarkets. It services quite a large area with the nearest regional town being Roma. We stopped at the bakery but most of the lunch options were sold out. Anita enjoyed the last of the pasties.
The St George Riverfront Tourist Park is about 7kms out of town. The name of the park overrates the facilities. It is located beside the Balonne River but hardly meets the criteria normally applied to a tourist park. The river had recently been so high it washed away facilities leaving only two toilets on the high ground. With such a large group booked in for two nights a couple of portaloos would have come in handy. Our vehicles were parked tightly at the riverbank and spread out up the hill. The river in flood was well above the height of our tallest motorhome.
Our entertainment hub was based at the riverfront so we only had a short walk – a privilege bestowed on Gold Roadies. Our concert involved all of our musicians singing songs they wished they had written.
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