Day 230 Leyburn, QLD

The power problems that we had a couple of days ago came to a head today when we reached Leyburn.  We now have no 12 Volt Power at all.  Fortunately we had arrived at our friends place in Leyburn, unhitched the van and connected to 240 volt, before we realised that it had happened. We have a local auto electrician coming to us this morning to see if he can restore 12 volt but it doesn't look hopeful.  There was a burning smell coming from our Projecta Power Management System so it will probably need replacing.  Thank goodness we are very close to Toowoomba so fingers crossed someone there will have a replacement in stock.  We will also change to Lithium Battery. We feel that the batteries are the root of the problem.

It is great to be here with Micheal and Wendy and it was a bit of a talkfest last night over a dinner of Roast Mutton.  Yes, you heard me, MUTTON!  It was so full of flavour and delicious. Wendy said that it had been cooking in the oven for hours and you certainly need that amount of time to get the best flavour out of mutton.  Gee I miss it.

Yesterday we took our time driving from Toobeah (Two Beer) that is just a short distance from Goondiwindi.  We stopped at Yelarbon so I could take a photo of the silo art - undoubtably one, if not the, best we have seen.

Our next stop was Inglewood so Philip could replenish his beer supplies and while he was doing that, I wandered down to the local IGA (another beaut shop) to pick up some lemonade and a couple of other grocery items.  Since we have arrived into warmer temperatures in Queensland I have been enjoying a shandy - another of my dads favourites!

Lunch stop was at a rest area between Inglewood and Karrara.  I had made a bolognese sauce the day before, so it was just a matter of cooking the pasta and heating the sauce.  While the pasta was cooking I went for a little wander around the area and found this pretty little wildflower.  Wildflowers are not just found in Western Australia!

I don't know what today is going to bring.  We can't shift the van without 12 volt because we need it to bring in the slide and retract the levelling legs.  I will keep you informed.