Day 17, 18 and 19... Bunya Mountains & Kingaroy...
Yay! I had been looking forward to this trip for a while now... and it not disappoint!
Jesse (my husband) and I dropped Immy at school (my darling Dad picked her up in the arvo), dropped our other car at a friends house and set off towards the Bunya Mountains... Jess and I always have so much fun on long drives together and spend most of it acting goofy, singing and laughing (that full on laughter that makes your tummy hurt and your eyes cry)... I love my husband so much and getting alone time with him is so... wonderful!! We stopped in ESK (mainly because I love it there) had a quick lunch break and then finished our drive to the mountains.
When we pulled up at our camp sight... we were immediately charmed.... it was right on the edge of the rainforest... it was super green, peaceful and we were the only campers there!! We set up our camp site, chatted to some friendly wallabies (well I did) and went for a little walk to explore our new environment. The rangers at the camp site warned us about some plants to avoid... always good information to know... especially because I am a very tactile person and touch EVERYTHING!!! Jess and I had an early dinner and then had a quick walk in the rainforest before the sun went down... it was so beautiful and the sounds of nature were so rich and fragrant... and the rainforest was incredibly lush and dense... sigh. When night fell... it was sooooo dark and misty (beautiful but creepy)... Jess and I played cards, rugged up and drank hot tea... it was everything that camping is supposed to be. :)
The next day we headed off to Kingaroy... about an hour away from the Bunya Mountains and a town that Jesse, Immy and I had previously holidayed in (at a little BnB called 'Mulanah Gardens'). We had such pleasant memories of that holiday so we were keen to revisit some the places that we had enjoyed so much 4 years previously. First we had brekky in a 'half way there' cafe and then we went on a search down nostalgia lane. On our previous visit we had tasted some amazing cheese at a cheese factory... it was a brie with grape vine ash swirled through it... unfortunately we discovered that it no longer existed... SOOOO... then we went to visit a restaurant, just out of town, that had a little fudge kitchen attached to it... and once again discovered that it had closed down. The final place that we wanted to visit WAS still open and it was 'Pottique' a lavender farm and shop full of all things lavender!!! Lavender, gardens, mossy timber, ornaments, liqueur, soap, oil, furniture.... sooo many things and all so pretty (and delish). After our visit there (and a taste test of the lavender liqueur, lavender syrup and red dirt port)... we headed back to the camp site... had lunch... Jesse got ready for a hike and I got ready for a rest (I was still quite sick from earlier in the week)... and we both thoroughly enjoyed our afternoons! That night we drank wine, tea and played cards...
While we were camping... I had the most vivid and crazy dreams... I think because of all the unusual noise while I was sleeping... birds, frogs, insects, wallabies etc etc... There was this one bird... a lyre bird... that kept repeating the sound of a car alarm... and then the sound of our wind up camping light... it was so funny.
Two nights in the Bunya Mountains just wasn't enough but we had a fantastic time... and I think Jesse wants to move there!!! EEKK! NOT HAPPENING!!! haha!
22,147kms on the dash... 5,202kms down...
xo
