I walked over the bridge crossing Myall Creek for coffee from the Corner Cafe which used to be a good venue with interesting food. Two lukewarm coffees cost $12.50 and the only food was packaged cakes and yesterday’s sandwiches. Next time we are in Dalby I will walk further.
We followed the Warrego Hwy then opted for the Toowoomba Bypass. Trucks must use this road which has some significant hills and low gear truck and bus zones. I put the Toyota into low gear and followed one of the trucks until it was almost travelling at walking pace.
It was sunny when we left Dalby, but as we passed the Harlaxton Toll Point we lost the sun and had clouds for the rest of the day.
By the time we were on the M1 southbound, we were surrounded by trucks. I moved into the left hand lane but of course some of vehicles joining the motorway pushed in aggressively. Some drivers will act irrationally or dangerously just to be in front of a caravan. Soon after we left Dalby a white car overtook us by crossing double white lines and driving about 120 kph in a 100 kph zone. For several kms we followed that car doing 100 kph so they had not gained anything from the illegal manoeuvre. The same car appeared in front of us again as the bypass rejoined traffic from Toowoomba.
The space in front of our house was vacant so we were able to park, unhitch and start unloading. Blue and Tilly played in the garden and ran chasing each other in the house almost non stop. They had only been able to play and wrestle inside the van and miss these chasing games.
From about 3.30pm Bluey kept telling me it was time to catch up with his friends. I took him to the park to see our regular group of four dogs and three humans. He was greeted by all of the dogs and even went walking with the group. Close to off-leash time he had a run chasing one of his friends.
We had dinner at home and an exhausted Blue was happy to sit on my lap while I brushed him and removed all of the small grass seeds from his coat.
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