Strangely enough, I watched a clip of that scene last week. The actors were Marius Weyers and Sandra Prinsloo. Truly slapstick but it is still a classic. The vehicle in that scene was also a Series II.

It’s hard not to associate Landrovers with those classic gate opening scenes in “The Gods Must Be Crazy” movie.

I’ve never had the courage to eat one of those packaged pies.

It’ll be interesting to hear how you felt 12-24 hours later.

Good to be back in Queensland. Still lots of water around but we haven't had any extra rain in a while. Enjoying the little country towns and quiet roads.

That elusive state of Queensland is in your sights again!

There are a few van parks in Moree but we spent the one night we were there in a motel, and have now carried on to Pallamallawa. It would have good having a natter with them.

Unlikely I know, but when you are Moree, you might be able find a couple in their 80s who are old family friends.

They’ll be staying at the van park for a month in a very flash van. They are there to make use of the natural spring spas to soothe a few aches and pains that afflict 80 year olds.

Noel and Jean Matthews. Lovely people. I saw them last week in Barraba when they were on the way to Moree.

Noel and my dad worked together as builders and carpenters for many years.
They’d be delighted to see cycle tourers.

The van park reception office would know them.

Wow! Just catching up with your journey. What a time with all that rain, we feel for you. You sure won't forget your trip to Australia. Hope Queensland treats you more kindly.
Great photos as always.
Elsp

Despite the unsettled weather and the diversions, we've really enjoyed this area. In fact, we've reviewed our plans and will now skip Brisbane and head up inland, probably to Roma, before thinking about heading towards the coast again.

You and Joel seemed to have a great tour, despite the traffic. It's a pity we didn't manage to meet up again but you never know what the future might bring.

Nature seems to be giving you special treatment for this part of the ride. You are gradually becoming fully absorbed into the local ecosystem. :)

We’ve just finished our comparatively dry, incident free ride to Brisbane.

The trade off for good weather was fairly awful traffic coming into Brisbane because the bikeways insisted on disappearing.

Otherwise the route was pretty good. Lots of hills of course. To be expected on route close to The Great Dividing Range.

All the best for better weather from now on. You’ve had your share of storm and tempest.

Type II, for sure. You’ll be laughing about it in no time.

It's difficult to describe how dirty things got. The rising water lifted all the debris from the ground and spread it around our gear. It was all our own fault for choosing a pitch that was guaranteed to fill up with water if it rained.

Ugh, bummer everything got so wet and muddy.

Beautiful

Yikes! That’s a downpour!