Day 47

Date:- 30 April 2010
Distance:- 84.25 Km
Distance to Date:- 2369.7 Km
Start:- North Lakes
Finish:- Nambour Rainforest Holiday Village
Comment:- Awoke and up at 6am. Packed and ready to hit the road.

I must thank Nathan and Tania for their kind hospitality, specially when one of the children was suffering from a sore throat and the other demanding equal attention.

On the road by 7am and with the directions Nathan gave me I was back to the Bruce Highway, only to find the “NO BIKES” sign again.
I kept riding into the town of Kallangur and asked for directions to Caboolture. Continue down the road I was on for about five sets of traffic lights and you should come to Old Gympie road. Turn right and just follow it.

I found Old Gympie road and rode through towns of Petrie, Dakabin and onto Burpengary. I was now in sight of the Bruce Highway again.

At the intersection of Old Gympie Road and Deception Bay Road was a turn off for the Bruce Highway and another one of those signs, except these signs didn’t say no bicycles. I couldn’t get over there quick enough. Sure enough another sign further down the road confirmed the fact I was allowed on the highway. I was quite happy now.

About 3 or 4 km down the highway was a service centre where I stopped for my snack break and a cold drink.

I was now travelling at 20 to 25 km per hour and I felt on top of the world. Good road, sun shining and a nice tail wind. The only offset was the traffic. it’s a long weekend in Queensland so the holiday makers were out in force. There is a lot of tree farming between Caboolture and Nambour, mainly pine trees. Quite a few sports yachts were heading north whether they had championships on or what, I don’t know. There were quite a few other trailer sailors on the road as well.

I stopped at the Ettamoga Pub Complex at Palmview for lunch. Had a nice curry pie and a 500 ml of chocolate milk then down to the pub for a beer. Very nice.

Back on the road and heading for Nambour about 30 km down the road. Turned off the Bruce Highway towards Nambour and came to the Big Pineapple were they had an Info Office. Two caravan parks are close handy I was told.

The first park was closed for renovations and the second one was nearly into Nambour. I booked into the second one naturally. At $26 is still a bit steep for an unpowered tent site for one person. Makes for an expensive shower.

Tomorrow I hope to get to Gympie or beyond.