The route to Storm King Dam was as before, lined for miles and miles with beautiful golden wildflowers, along the roads and into some paddocks, with large daisy like faces, also deep golden wattle, and some purple flowers in the paddocks etc. etc.
Each time we come or go my eyes are glued to their beauty.
The next day John made an appointment with a local doctor to look at an ulcerated sore on his back which was excised next day, after which he felt a bit secondhand, so we took it easy for a few days, which did not matter at all because I always have the journal or this blog to bring up to date. Pathology confirmed it was a BCC.
The rain tumbled down, particularly over this area because it is part of the catchment for the dam so we sloshed around with our umbrellas, days went by and eventually the rain eased somewhat. We resumed exploring the area which often took us across the border into NSW. I always enjoyed visiting Warwick which is a lovely historic town.

The time came time to relocate to Aloomba Lavender Farm, we joined a few other caravans and explored. A relocatable stage was brought in and much work was done erecting shade and food tents, etc.etc. The concert started 11 a.m. next day headlined by James Blundell, Jessie Curran, Jack Drake (a most entertaining bush poet) and many more, the sun came out sometimes and everyone enjoyed entertainment and the tasty food and wine until about 9p.m.
When it was over we just rolled down the hill to our beds in the caravan, a most enjoyable weekend. It was a new kind of experience for both of us.
The next week we began trying to find someone to repair our damaged awning, caused when we pulled out from a parking spot in Stanthorpe to make a right hand turn. The camber of the road rolled the van causing it to hit a telegraph pole situated right on the outside of the footpath.
Eventually we located someone in Stanthorpe, an insurance claim was made over the phone, and in due course received authority and parts have been ordered from Brisbane, to arrive we know not when - so – we wait - and if you know anything of Queensland’s weather at the moment, we are getting rained on again !