McKay, OZ
Again, I tried to see a platypus, and again, I failed. Eva and I drove from Airlie to Eungella Nat. Park, in the hopes of seeing a platypus.
The drive up into Eungella was an interesting one. I say, "up," as it was one hell of a steep hill. One turn defeated Vacilando, and we were forced to back down and try again. That was after I got us stuck in a ditch. However, we managed to free ourselves from the ditch, roll on back, and give 'er some gas and made it, barely, around the bend. It was a steep hill.
The first night, we camped on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere, figuring that it'd be unlikely that anyone would be on the road at night. We were wrong. John and Sue drove past us, returning from a evening swim and stopped to have a beer with us.
The next day, we woke and then went for a walk in the park, passing a platypus viewing platform. However, it was the wrong time of day. We later found out, after driving back down the hill (much easier), that we would've seen several had we waited around, but we weren't in the mood. Instead, we stopped at Jack's Lemonade Stand on the way into the Hatton Finch Gorge and whiled away the afternoon hanging out with Jack, and his friend Sheriff, plus playing with his new puppy (really cute).
And now, we're in Mckay. It's the last town for us before we leave the coast and head into the Outback. I'm not sure how much internet we'll find out there, so I may well be out of touch for a while. But, we've got all the gear we need, the extra fuel cans, and the water tanks. It should be one hell of adventure, isn't the Outback what OZ is all about?
The drive up into Eungella was an interesting one. I say, "up," as it was one hell of a steep hill. One turn defeated Vacilando, and we were forced to back down and try again. That was after I got us stuck in a ditch. However, we managed to free ourselves from the ditch, roll on back, and give 'er some gas and made it, barely, around the bend. It was a steep hill.
The first night, we camped on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere, figuring that it'd be unlikely that anyone would be on the road at night. We were wrong. John and Sue drove past us, returning from a evening swim and stopped to have a beer with us.
The next day, we woke and then went for a walk in the park, passing a platypus viewing platform. However, it was the wrong time of day. We later found out, after driving back down the hill (much easier), that we would've seen several had we waited around, but we weren't in the mood. Instead, we stopped at Jack's Lemonade Stand on the way into the Hatton Finch Gorge and whiled away the afternoon hanging out with Jack, and his friend Sheriff, plus playing with his new puppy (really cute).
And now, we're in Mckay. It's the last town for us before we leave the coast and head into the Outback. I'm not sure how much internet we'll find out there, so I may well be out of touch for a while. But, we've got all the gear we need, the extra fuel cans, and the water tanks. It should be one hell of adventure, isn't the Outback what OZ is all about?
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