5/8/31 Kingaroy to Wooroolin

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 Packing tetris took on an extra challenge this morning because yesterday some sinister scallywag used their nasty sticky fingers to spirit one of Roger's front panniers away while it was innocently sitting on the bike at the shopping centre. Sad as this was, at least the pannier was empty, in very worn condition, and most importantly EMPTY! Even better, the bike itself was locked and Stickyfingers didn't damage it in any way. I hope the thief needed the pannier more than we did, and will be pricked by their guilty conscience whenever they use it.


Kingaroy's peanut silos were the backdrop for our start on the Kingaroy to Kilkiven Rail Trail.

The actual starting point is a bit messy, being a road near the old Railway station. This spot looked good enough for the 'official' start photo.


We've booked the school bus from Kilkiven to Gympie on Monday afternoon, so we have 5 days cycling to travel the 90ish km of the KKRT. Even for us, that's going slow.


We're on our way.


There were signs of Spring along the trail, although the wind definitely spoke of winter.

"Let's take a detour" we said, "and go out to Gordonbrook Dam for lunch."


Forgetting of course that dams by default are at the bottom of valleys and therefore one cycles down to the dam, and then up to leave it. 

 The dam was nice: water glittered in the sun; pelicans paddled warily on the other side; and little birds cheeped at us, asking for lunch. Apart from the very cold wind and the up to get back to the rail trail, we really enjoyed our lunch.


There wasn't a lot of water in the dam.  The pelicans seemed happy though.


We're camped in the free camp in Wooroolin now, making the most of the hot showers. There's not a lot in Wooroolin although opposite our camp are the Wooroolin wetlands, which I'll explore tomorrow to see if they actually contain any 'wet'.  Wooroolin is also the highest point of the rail trail, so we have high (descending) expectations of tomorrow. In the meantime we're skulking around Wooroolin filling our water bottles from the Fire Station because there's not a tap to be found in the free camping area, and trying to stay warm because the night is forecast to be very cold.


Camping in the centre of town.








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  1. AnonymousAugust 6, 2021 at 9:22 PM

    Mmmm, that's no good, but as you said could of been worse. Glad someone's out and about, as we're having family time at home, aka quarantine due to kezia being in uni library the same time as someone else with that pesky virus. We are all well, and she is low risk as was in private room most of time. Making the most by catching up on things at home. Enjoy the next leg of your trip, and hopefully we'll be able to catch up sometime. Jasmine. Hope you haven't got this post twice as i can't tell.

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  2. KatyBeeAugust 7, 2021 at 6:04 AM

    Thanks Jasmine. Enjoy your compulsory family time! We're going slow waiting to see what happens with lockdown ....

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