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| The Japanese gardens at Toowoomba |
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| Roick formations at the Toowoomba Japanese Gardens |
A big day today, but ultimately a good time, although it didn't stay that way. Last night the heavens opened up big time. Thunder, lightning and hours of torrential rain, which made me extremely glad I took the motel rather than the tent. Thankfully it blew over by morning, although it was still extremely cold and windy. I wanted an early start, so I left Walcha at 6.30am. At Uralla I was able to buy a pastie and a hot chocolate at the local bakery. Progressively as the day went on and I got further north, it slowly warmed up, although it remained windy all day. By the Queensland border, I was able to shed a few layers. and by Warwick, I was able to shed some more in addition to visiting the bank for some money and having a coffee and cake at Macca's. Then on to Toowoomba where I achieved one of the objectives of the trip and that was to visit the Japanese Garden at the University of SE Queensland. Not the best Japanese garden I have ever seen, But lovely just the same. I have a passion for Japanese gardens and try to visit them wherever I can as I am quietly building an asian style garden at home. After that it was back into Brisbane traffic madness to find my way to Margie and Trevors, where I will spend the next couple of days doing maintenance, getting new tyres fitted, getting a haircut, doing washing and fitting a quiet ride or two with my good mate Trevor. Catch you again soon. PS I am so rapt in the BMW. It sat outside in the rain all last night and started first press of the button this morning, running perfectly all day.
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Crossing the Queensland border
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