Bundaberg

A pretty ordinary day today.  We left early en route to Childers but missed the turnoff and ended up back in Maryborough.  Crazy given we have sat-nav on board but apparently its not so easy to pull the caravan up in a hurry, nor do a U turn.  Anyway we made it to Childers an hour later and stopped off at the local ice-creamery for an absolute treat.  Real ice-cream made the old fashioned way.  It was delicious and the kids were in heaven.  We walked the main street and loved the old buildings and charm of the place although, I’m guessing not much has changed in 50 years.  Pubs and butchers seem to dominate the landscape.  Sadly on the way back to the caravan Scarlett tripped and fell on her elbow.  The whole street knew about it.  A few band aids later and some TLC, we were on our way to Cordalba, a one pub town off the beaten track, for lunch.  Sounded dodgy to me, and that’s what it was, but Ricky boy was keen to sample the beer so we stopped for oh, 2 hours, waiting for fish and chips and a steak sandwich.  No big deal, except that there was only one other couple in the pub, other than the regular perched at then end of the bar and a guy chain smoking on the deck playing chess in the sun with the publican. I guess they were on Cordalba time and everything moved at a snails pace.  The drawl was pretty thick but the clincher was the cook (I’m guessing the publicans wife) who appeared with the food wearing some ensemble from the 50’s.  She looked like Sally Field back in her hay days complete with hanky on her head and A lined frock. On to Bundaberg, but not before loosing the camera.  Thankfully we called the publican and he discovered it in the gutter across the road.  Thank god for one pub towns with no patrons.  Bundaberg was bigger than I remember.  The riverfront caravan park Rick had his sights on was not as majestic as he had envisaged. So after an hour of stressful discussion and researching, we settled on one out of town as it seemed to be the cleanest and safest.  A lovely park, with very friendly management and mum was happy. Playground outside our door and the kids were busy.  Taco’s for dinner, too easy. Thank god the day was over.