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Day 13: The trip home from QLD

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Monday 15th May, Narrandera to home Decided on an early start this morning as we want to get home today.  Parsells and McKinnons left  Narrandera at just before 7am heading for home, a distance of around 500km.  It was freezing!! Even Frosty had trouble being warm.  We head across the Hay Plains - fog was about and the sun  couldn't break through.  We stopped for breakfast at Jerrilderie where the local truck tyre shop put a new tube tyre in my tyre, this was just as well as the one we repaired at Connabarabran went down near Seymour. The fog and mist made for a picturesque landscape on the Hay Plains Typical rural scene Left Alan and Noeline at Seymour as they headed to Melbourne down the Hume and we turned off through Seymour and Yea to home. Overall we travelled 3154 Km and our fuel consumption was 13.9L/100Km (in spite of the car running very badly for a couple of hundred kilometres on day 12). GPS said we had a top speed of 101km/hour and an average spee
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Day 12: The trip home from QLD

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Sunday 14th May, Coonabarabran to Narrandera Today is Mothers Day! (Happy Mothers Day Noeline).  The morning has once again become very chilly and both Felix and Frosty (our trusty hot water bottles) have been pressed into service.  Our plan was to get to Narrandera (approximately 550km) for our overnight stay and meet up with the Heatheringtons.  Silhouette of Eagle in the crisp morning sunlight. Obviously this shire is the talk of the Newell Highway - the marketing dept needs to rethink this one! Had missed the rain for most of the day - but it is not looking good! Rain continued to threaten but we managed to avoid.... most of it Noeline catches a great shot of us approaching the rain storm - the hare is not so sure!! The rain did eventually catch us - but only briefly much to Maritta's relief. We made it to Narrandera ...in spite of a flat tyre on the Eagle and having to open the points a bit when it started to run a bit rough.  We
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Day 11: The trip home from QLD

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Saturday 13th May, Warwick to Connabarabran Saying our farewells last night and this morning - it was time to head home to Victoria.  Having packed up quickly we hit the road just on 8 am (a little late for Alan) and left Warwck with Alan and Noeline heading towards Inglewood to rejoin the Newell Highway.  We stopped in Moree for a bite of lunch and then headed south to Coonabarbran.      12/50 dwarfed by roadside grain silo's Cotton being transported Wonderful wide open country - seems endless.... We covered about 540km and by accident met up with the McDougalls whe had used the New England Highway.  Stopping for the night in "Coona" we opted for fish and chips accompanied by a glass or two of wine. 
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Day 10: 2017 National Rally - Queensland

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Day 10 : Friday 12th May, Allora and Killarney The sun was out today and the morning was a little warmer than previously.  Today we drove out to the village of Allora (a short 26km from Warwick) to visit Mary Poppins House and a local car collection.  Mary Poppins House Yes the actual house where P.L.Travers, the author of Mary Poppins spent some of her early life. The building was originally a Bank and her father was the third banker. The house still has its Vault which is quite substantial. The house is quite amazing and our guides where dressed in period costume. Cars lined up outside Mary Poppins house. Alvis 12/50 and Lagonda - a ring in - but most welcome. Inside the house - the Dining room The master bedroom The Bank Manager's office The children's bedroom - the 2 girls shared this room. The back garden Line up in front of house - from the rear! A local Renault "750" came to visit Due to our number th
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