Round Waterhole to Jimna - Day 158, 13/09/2016
We are only a couple of hours drive from home but we aren't really ready to go home yet… Anna and I agreed that we would be home by Friday the 16th as this is the last day of school for term 3 and we want to re-enroll the kids so they can return to school at the start of term 4.
So we had a couple of days to burn and after consulting the maps and deciding the back roads would be better than travelling on the main highways we decided to make our way to one of our favourite campsites - Peach Trees in the Jimna State forest. This is the first time in 5 months that we will camp somewhere familiar, all of our other camps have been in areas we hadn't been to before. To get to Jimna we drove through Wondai and Murgon and took the Kilcoy - Murgon road which is a spectacular drive through farmland and state forests.
When we arrived we noticed that the recent upgrades had been finished and the only thing left to do is to clean out and rebuild the swimming area which is set to happen after these school holidays. After a late lunch we settled in and enjoyed the peace and quiet we pretty much have the place to ourselves with only a few other campers here at the moment. Late in the afternoon we walked down to the suspension bridge with the kids and found a campsite that was strewn with rubbish and broken glass, it took me almost 30 minutes to clean it all up and I managed to fill a large garbage bag. I really hate it when these oxygen thieves leave their mess behind to ruin such beautiful spots.
Distance Traveled = 246 km
So we had a couple of days to burn and after consulting the maps and deciding the back roads would be better than travelling on the main highways we decided to make our way to one of our favourite campsites - Peach Trees in the Jimna State forest. This is the first time in 5 months that we will camp somewhere familiar, all of our other camps have been in areas we hadn't been to before. To get to Jimna we drove through Wondai and Murgon and took the Kilcoy - Murgon road which is a spectacular drive through farmland and state forests.
When we arrived we noticed that the recent upgrades had been finished and the only thing left to do is to clean out and rebuild the swimming area which is set to happen after these school holidays. After a late lunch we settled in and enjoyed the peace and quiet we pretty much have the place to ourselves with only a few other campers here at the moment. Late in the afternoon we walked down to the suspension bridge with the kids and found a campsite that was strewn with rubbish and broken glass, it took me almost 30 minutes to clean it all up and I managed to fill a large garbage bag. I really hate it when these oxygen thieves leave their mess behind to ruin such beautiful spots.
Distance Traveled = 246 km
Total distance traveled with camper = 39,324 km
Total number of nights in the camper = 290
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| Peach Trees in flower |
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