Finally on the Road

Finally! After a Goodbye breakfast with Götti and Dianne we hit the road and left Brisbane, our house and friends. Off to new places, great adventures and a whole new experience.

The first stop was our favourite "black-swan-and-duck-pond" in Gympie where we were welcomed by 3 new baby swans. Sarah remembered the playground and the Flying Fox.
Leaving Gympie we headed inland through Wide Bay and North Burnett. We stopped for a morning tea in Kilkivan (which has a nice little playground) and than drove further to Gayndah where we stopped for the night.
Gayndah has a beautiful Museum showing lots of old cars, tractors, household and military items and: a collection of barbwire. As usually Sarah was mainly interested in the playground opposite the museum, so I didn't see a lot ;-) 
Gayndah is an agricultural area with a lot of citrus plantations. It's picking time and the city was packed with fruit pickers.The lady in charge at the museum offered us a place on their grounds to park our van for the night - which we happily accepted: a quiet area right at the river all to ourselves!
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Yay, you're on your way! A very exciting trip for you all and thanks for the updates x
Great! Love you and your trip and I look forward to reading and watching your blog!
Hi all. Got ur travel blog. Sounds exciting. Seems Sarah is going to visit all playgrounds on the trip.tell her we missed her at swim but excited to get trip updates. Travel safe & meet lots of new friends. your friends at croc-adele swim . Sent from Samsung Mobile
Very lovely family photo. Seem like Sarah was scared by the swan, they are the same size as her, wow.
Yay, you're on your way! Happy travels. Look forward to hearing more about your adventure. xJAWW
Disappointed we didn't find time to wish you all the best in person, tried last week but you were not home the 2 times we knocked, actually thought you had left early. Anyway, all the best, enjoy and be safe during your fantastic and exciting journey. Will enjoy reading your posts and have to admit we are jealous and envious but happy for you all the same, Rob Dina Kellie
Thanks for all your well-wishes and yes, it was a shame that we didn't had time to say goodbye to all our friends. But in the end there was suddenly so much to do. @crocadele: Yes, Sarah is having loots of fun at the different playgrounds, but also enjoys all the animals she sees @Jun: The swan came towards us and was protective about its off-springs. So I tried to be protective off my off-spring.