A bit faster - Dayboro - Woodford

Poured down all night and didn't even do us the courtesy of stopping when we woke up or started riding. When we had got the tent out yesterday it had grown some furry friends on all the seams whilst it was packed up at Matt's house and we were really worried that it would compromise the integrity of the waterproofing - atleast last night proved it can handle one hell of a down pour and we will still stay dry!

After grumbling out of bed earlier than we have in a very long time we went into town to find somewhere dry to have breakfast and basically just ended up having breakfast with the rain.

I'm not sure if either of us were really looking forward to the day since it was going to be hill climbing and rain all in the one fun package but after leaving Dayboro the sky cleared a little and the hills never got that bad. I would suggest to any trying out a few day's from Brisbane to do this ride as an introduction into cycle touring. We stopped at a little cafe called the Pit Stop for a milkshake and were very lucky that we did because the second we put our bikes (and ourselves) under cover the skies showed us that they weren't finished yet. We enjoy the rain from the well covered balcony of the cafe and watched the owners sons splashing around in the rain and finding Bandi Bandi snakes.

Stopping for lunch at a lookout we realised that one of the most enjoyable things about hill climbing was badly affected do to the weather - the view. We still enjoyed the downhill ride which we had worked the morning for and rolled quite quickly into Woodford which was 4 km from the campsite.

View from Mt Mee

Queensland is great unlike NSW in that it has plenty of free campgrounds that offer just the basics of accomodation (toilet, bbq) but are perfect for the trip we are doing. Cruice park (tonights free camp) was a little noisy but perfectly appreciated nonetheless.