Gibb River Road Trip 2012

Gibb River Trip Wednesday 23 rd May 2012 After many trials and tribulations, Jo & I finally left Brisbane bound for Hervey Bay to meet up with Pat & Allan. We need to thank Peter his patience and for all he did to assist Jo to get the camper trailer ready. Left Brisbane at mid-day and were in Hervey Bay by 4.30PM. It was then off to the shops to purchase the supplies that we needed for the first 4/5 days. Thursday 24th Hervey Bay to Cracow. Both campers were ready by 9.30 and we set off with “Bruce, the Goose” leading the “Little Black Ducks”. Went through Maryborough, to Biggenden where we stopped at the local butchers for meat. Seemed to be a great butcher’s shop and we got a bag of oranges as a gift with our meat. There was also a great Coffee Shop where we had the best lemon tea cake!!!! Off then to Gayndah for lunch. Arrived at Cracow at 3.30 and set up camp in a park opposite Brophy’s (of boxing troupe fame) Pub. It started to rain as we were setting up but was only light. Went to the pub for tea. It is filled with memorabilia of the grand old days of the gold mining boom. Friday 25 th May – Cracow Allan allowed us a rest day today so that we could re-organise and rationalise our gear. It has been raining on and off all day. We did a walk around the town to look at all the old deserted buildings. This is the last gold mining boom town in Australia’s gold history. Mining waned during the war and many businesses left town and it has gradually lost the population. At the peak, there were over 20 000 people living here. Off to Emerald tomorrow.