Day 1: Wed 26 Aug 15 - Hippo Farm to Kingaroy

Drive: 225 km

 We were on the road by 9:15am in order to be at the Puma fuel station south of Maryborough at 10am to meet up with Yvonne and Gunther (Fischers) and Geoff and Marg (Bostons).  We got to the servo with plenty of time to spare and started filling-up with fuel.  That was when Wendy discovered that she had left her wallet behind!!!  If we were only going to be away for three days, it would have been OK, however, as we were to be away for about three weeks, we decided we had no choice but to go home to retrieve it.  We were then also able to turn on some security lights we forgot to activate before leaving the first time!

 The trip back home put us about 50 min behind the rest, however by the time we caught up with them in Kilkivan, we had made up 30 min!  After a short walk to stretch the legs it was back on the road.  Bostons needed to refuel in Murgon, so we decided to as well.  It was not long after Murgon that Bostons left us as they did not want to stop in Kingaroy.  They went onto Chinchilla and we continued to Kingaroy.  We made it to Kingaroy about lunch time, and as check-in time was not until 2pm, we stopped beside the park and made sandwiches for lunch.  We had pre-booked at the BIG4 park and it was only 1.8km away, and we were able to check-in well before 2pm, which we did.

 After setting up the van, and getting the bikes of the rack, we rode away to check out the peanut factory and silos, ultimately ending up at Woolies for groceries.  After returning from our ride, Wendy prepared dinner (roasted veggies, salmon and chicken) and then it was time for pre-dinner drinks.  Dinner took forever in the Weber BabyQ, but we eventually got there and it tasted yummo! It was not long after washing-up that we were in bed.