On the first weekend of summer Mr. B, his sister & I hired a truck and drove down south to help Mr. B's parents move house.
Mr. B & I have moved 3 times in the past few years, so we considered ourselves to be seasoned moving specialists....oh how we underestimated the size of this job! Hehe
We started out on the Gold Coast then drove to Toowoomba, which is west of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. We then traveled 381 km (236 miles) south interstate to Armidale, New South Wales.
Leaving Toowoomba:
Mr. B & I have moved 3 times in the past few years, so we considered ourselves to be seasoned moving specialists....oh how we underestimated the size of this job! Hehe
We started out on the Gold Coast then drove to Toowoomba, which is west of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. We then traveled 381 km (236 miles) south interstate to Armidale, New South Wales.
At this point I was way too enthusiastic & excited as I had never been in a truck this big before!
We managed to gather quite an impressive bug collection on the windscreen through the 5 & a half hour drive. Sadly, I saw a lot of road kill on the road :-(
We stopped about half way in Stanthorpe (famous for it's apples):
This pic was taken in front of The Big Apple (please excuse Mr. B & I as we are in our 'moving clothes')
We had something sweet to eat at a lovely little cafe/supermarket/restaurant called Vincenzo's. They had an amazing menu, with quite a few yummy gluten free options. We tried the gluten free orange cake and a gluten free salted caramel macaron:
They also had this cute pasta shaped like kangaroos! I would have bought some but unfortunately it was not gluten free :-(
Next we stopped in Glen Innes, a cute little town in 'Celtic Country' NSW. There was even a mini Stonehenge-style sign that says "Welcome to Celtic Country":
We stopped at The Super Strawberry (a cute little strawberry farm/shop) & these scotty dogs greeted us out the front:
(Just between you & me I think the dogs on the right are going through an identity crisis: "Am I a dog or reindeer?" hehe)
The shop was loaded with lots of other cute home wares & nick nacks. I found this gorgeous porcellen dish with 3 birds perched on it. It was a bargain at $9.95:
They also had homemade avocado & mango butters, chutneys, pavlova, strawberry drinks, choc dipped strawberries, strawberries & cream and loads more. We didn't have time to eat or buy anything more so we hit the road...
It was 37 degrees celsius in Armidale when we were moving & packing! We stayed over night & on the drive back to Toowoomba we passed through a crazy storm in Allora (just out of Warwick). The lighting cracking across the fields was actually really pretty, but I was too scared to take photos of the storm itself.
Sunshine coming out after the storm
Then it was full sun half a km down the road
It took 6 hours to drive back to Toowoomba with a heavily loaded truck. Then we drove home to the Gold Coast, by the time we got home it was past midnight & we hit the pillows for work the next morning. Zzzzz
I do appologise that all of the pictures are bad quality-they were taken with my phone from a moving vehicle. I saw so many beautiful things out the truck window, but wasn't quick enough to take a photo. Australia really is a beautiful country!
We did a great job moving all the stuff in the heat within the time frame, but I don't think we will be doing too many more jobs as 'Mr. B & Tash's Removalists' :P
'Trucker Tash' lol, I won't quit my day job :P
miss_tash x
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