276.7 kms
3.02 hours
We actually were on the road by 5am as this was our plan on leaving Gympie and arriving on the Gold Coast well before all the traffic slowed to a halt on the M1 and we didn’t want to get stuck in the heat as we have had been over the last couple of days. Leaving when we did meant I had the sun in my eyes just after leaving Gympie and I could hardly see the road at times, but it was really cool weatherwise. The stop for breakfast was at the truckstop in Caboolture, which was an hour down the road.
I knew I would need fuel by then and that was the point on having breakfast with a coffee. We worked out that that was the right time to leave in the mornings for our next destination instead of after 7am and we shouldn’t attempt to go on long journeys in summery weather as we have found its just been a bit too hot. I was going to head all the way to Tweed and Nigel would leave me in Nerang. There were actually no real problems on the road at all apart from the car that had broken down on the Gateway, which meant traffic was slowing to 40kms, but I am unsure if that actually happened. We were going to have another crack at trying to see the Kingsford Smith museum again at the airport, but thought we would waste too much time trying to get to it. That and traffic on a Sunday would have the opportunity to grow and become bumper to bumper if you let it.
I actually made it home without any problems and the next part of the journey
happened, which was the washing of smelly clothes and the unpacking. The
cleaning of the bike will be left til the next day. This was one trip away that
was a learning experience for next time, it just coincided with a period of
really hot weather to prove we are only human. I don’t usually book accommodation
on the fly the night before, but at least it worked out this time and there
will be other lessons to think about.
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