Road Trip from Sunshine Coast to Townsville

 We thought it might be a little quirky thing that we might do on the the three day, 2800km, one traffic infringement notice drive from the Sunshine Coast to Townsville (via Longreach). We thought we would take a picture of the town signs wherever we went to serve as a sort of travelogue...

So- From Peachester, you need to read left to right. If you were to ever try to plot this on a map, you will see many places that are not represented here. Some in reality are just too small to even have a sign. Some we flashed by without seeing the sign. Some- like Dalby- don't even have a sign.

We were curious also about Hughenden- There are no welcome to Hughenden signs, but one wishing visitors a farewell. Funny people, Queenslanders!

 

 
 

The Outback is phenomenally huge. The following two pictures were taken from the same spot. One left, and the other to the right. The vista is quite special, and just huge!

The view to the left

And to the right

A fascinating trip all round. We found a winery in Roma (called Romaville) that does really good muscats and sauterne style wines. We couldn't believe it when we saw it, but it made for a very pleasant diversion.

We found the outback drivers more courteous than the coastal drivers, and the road trains are not the scary beast they are portrayed as.

Do have to stress though- Longreach isn't a day trip from anywhere. If you are going to go, avoid November to March if you can. The town seems to shut down a little, and the sandflies just take over.

Until next time...