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We were down to 5 cars by this point , 2 had left yesterday to head home , and now got into some seriously spectacular countryside as we headed up to Maleny and Montville , our 2 guides left us here and headed home and we hung around driving from lookout to lookout taking in as much of the sights as the light would allow
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And then there was 3 , off to Nambour for the night Image
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We booked to the Motel then wandered down to the RSL for dinner , very nice place so we sat down for a drink and by the time we decided to have a feed the kitchen was closed Image at 7:30 !

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Blacky wrote: Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:55 am Then it was up the hill to Tambourine mountain and a walk through the forest and the waterfalls which I got no pictures of then it was off back down the hill and to the Bates Motel for the night
I dragged a caravan through CQ about 20 years ago behind a VK Calais. Blocked the fuel strainer in the carb around 8pm, and limped into Augathella. Stayed at the local caravan park. Eerie being the only van there. We made all the Bates Motel jokes. Stopped overnight at Toowoomba the next night. Didn't realise the amenities lights were on timers. They cut out midway though the better-half's shower. After all the talk of the Bates Motel, it rattled the hell out of her.

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Wednesday morning we headed off to the big pineapple for breakfast but it was pretty run down and had nothing so we took some pics and headed off to Ricks Garage - what an awesome spot Image they sell burgers etc so we ordered a bacon and egg roll - thank god we ordered one between the two of us!! The others had one each and it near on killed them Image
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Love the decor , there’s heaps to see here
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Forgot the big pineapple pics - the light was awful so it looked better in black and white.
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More pics of Ricks place -
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Lovely mate. Thanks for sharing. I haven’t seen anything from Tony the photog yet.


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Harv wrote: Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:19 pm
Blacky wrote: Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:55 am Then it was up the hill to Tambourine mountain and a walk through the forest and the waterfalls which I got no pictures of then it was off back down the hill and to the Bates Motel for the night
I dragged a caravan through CQ about 20 years ago behind a VK Calais. Blocked the fuel strainer in the carb around 8pm, and limped into Augathella. Stayed at the local caravan park. Eerie being the only van there. We made all the Bates Motel jokes. Stopped overnight at Toowoomba the next night. Didn't realise the amenities lights were on timers. They cut out midway though the better-half's shower. After all the talk of the Bates Motel, it rattled the hell out of her.

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This joint was a cracker - out of the 3 of us 2 rooms were changed straight up , Lou and Leslies room had no lights, Beersys was right next to the highway and as noisy as buggery - we thought we were OK until it was time for a shower and we had no cold water in the shower of all things ! they were building next door and they started erecting scaffold at 6:10 on Tuesday morning :roll: The pub had spent a fortune on its gaming room and the rest of the joint hadn't been touched in years , pretty obvious where their income stream is !!!
On theTuesday night in Nambour the manager turned up when we were sitting down eating pizza and he was pissed out of his mind after appearing sober less than 2 hours previously when we checked in :econfused: :crazy:
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We said our goodbyes to Lou and Leslie here as they were heading to the coast , and Beersy and us went bush again , went to a lookout and bumped into this bloke - his dad bought it new , it has 67000 miles on it and he tells me it’s never been painted but it looks like it has to me Image nice car though
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We headed back to the pub in Kilcoy - that wasn’t the original plan but we kinda got lost ImageImage
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Found some dirt roads on the way there
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Thanks Blacky, your travel posts almost make it like we were there too. Hopefully next year in SA for me and maybe I'll be able to drag Orange Betty (Dave) along with me.
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We headed off to spend the night in Esk , some cool old pubs there too - this was the first one into town , it had a TON of character Image
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We checked in to our motel and wandered down to the other one for a feed - love the old tiles and fittings in old pubs
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