Esk

We took the Bushtracker to Maroochydore for its 10,000 km service. Since we had to be there at 7am we stayed at the same Big 4 caravan park we have stayed at before - more school holidays, so lots of Victorians this time. Next service we will find somewhere else to stay since we don't get a lot of value out of the water slides!

Our van was ready by 2pm so we were able to start our trip towards Melbourne. First stop this time is Esk at the only caravan park in town, which happens to be run by two women. 

We had dinner at one of the two pubs in town and there is live country music - Adam Kilpatrick who is obviously a local as half the small audience is related to him! His music will not keep us away from our van for long - we have been spoiled by the talent we saw on the Beccy Cole tour. 

On 18 October we join the SA Aussie Road Crew Tour. Our first stop will be Moree for the thermal pools. Then we head to Melbourne for a few days before driving towards Adelaide. 

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SrAct3 said…
Come on down!
6 October 2017 at 04:00
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