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The expedition halted at Rockhampton for a light lunch and to take on supplies.
We discovered a proper Bogan vehicle parked on the riverfront. Note the license plate that reads “MI UTE.” That is Bogan for “my passenger vehicle with a box fitted to the rear where a second row of seats should be located.”
The bed attached to the rear of the Bogan passenger vehicle. It is business in the front and party in the back, as it were.
My first real experience driving in Australia. It is very strange to drive on the left side of the road and sit in the right seat to drive.
A classic Queenslander house.
Not fast enough!
Coming over the mountains that separate the coastal plain from the great interior nothing.
Descending into the verdant plains of Queensland.
Twisty roads.
We stopped in the small town of Taroom for the evening because petrol stations in Australia generally close by 5pm. Obviously no one in their right minds would drive after dark due to the menace of kangaroos. We pulled into Taroom at about 10pm and had to settle for the rather spartan public camper park. It cost us each $4 AUD for our night’s stay. That was the cheapest we ever paid for a campervan park.