By the numbers
4 hours driving
377 kms
10.70kms walking
13,610 steps
The day started with the sounds of a windmill that was creaking in the wind all night, but then again that’s what they do. For what we paid we had a room for the night and that is all we can ask for in the long run. We found some food and decided to head off without a coffee. That will become important later on. We were heading on a 4 hour drive towards Springsure, but we put the first stop as Jericho as they would have a rest stop and coffee.
On the drive to Jericho, we avoided running over a living snake that in length covered pretty much the whole lane from white paint to the middle markers. The vehicle behind us avoided the snake too. We didn’t check to see what sort it was. While we made it to Jericho without any issues, I went for a wander while mum checked out the loos. The Post office and the Information centre were really the same building with a partition for the office. I bought the coffees and it was self serve machine as you just hit the button and the one you want comes out. I give the driver her flat white before I hit the button for my long black and the machine rumbles and them switches off. One of the ladies tries to fix the machine as it does a self clean and then tries again. It turns off, I decide to have a coke instead and find a coffee later on. I decide to have a quick look around town and find some murals including a free book library and outdoor cinema. We needed fuel so got service from one of the guys and I cleaned the windscreen of little splatters that came off a cattle truck. It looked better than it did before.
Then came another problem, the GPS wanted to send us to different routes other than the direct route to Emerald, and it even did the same with Alpha as it tried to send us back the way we had come. Neither of us could work out why the GPS was doing this. Eventually it worked itself out and we made the drive out to Alpha on the main road. We were wanting to go through Emerald as I wanted to see the Big Easel in the town. Between Alpha and Emerald there were Anti fatigue trivia signs that we had not seen elsewhere. When we got into Emerald, we stopped at the Easel and then headed into town to find a coffee shop. We are in luck as its nearly time for them to close and we get a toasted sanga and a coffee. A short break from the drive before we head off into Springsure. We had stopped near a pub and went for a wander down near the library to find a coffee shop so it was worth it.
The drive into Springsure was interesting as we came across hills and they were interesting. The one closest to town has the name of Virgin Rock. The pub we are staying at tonight was actually open so we didn’t need to phone around to see what was happening. We were able to check in and get into our motel room without a problem. We dropped the stuff off and I then went off for a walk. There was a little historic village I wanted to see. I passed something that was similar, but I later realised I had walked past it as the map wasn’t showing its true location. I seen a sign for something else interesting and realise it was 10kms away. Too far and not doing that walk. I had to stop off at the supermarket for some supplies before heading back. We have three more days left of driving to get home. Tomorrow its Miles and then on Friday it is Goondiwindi before making the trek back home. At least we have the afternoons to go for a walk to look around the area.
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