A fairly long day, about 360 k’s today from Roma to Toowoomba. First off a quick stop to see Roma’s largest Bottle Tree. Roma has many Bottle Trees spread out thru the town. Still not sure what the difference is between a Bottle Tree and a Boab, look pretty much the same to me.

The Warrego Highway is pretty ordinary in places, not as bad as the Dawson Highway between Biloela and Emerald but still a poor surface. The inland Queensland roads are very poor and the Bruce Highway along the coast is not much better. I know its a big state and roads are costly but the QLD Government really needs to pull their finger out and fix them. I’m sure there are many accidents on these roads each year caused, because of the roads poor condition.

Anyway enough of the political rant. Travelling thru the Darling Downs, I was surprised at the amount grain fields about. I didn’t realise just how much acreage grain growers had in the region. One thing we have noticed in Toowoomba on arrival is the temperature, at least 10 degrees lower than what we’ve been accustomed to over the last few weeks. Unfortunately the storms and rain are coming, with temps around 20 over the weekend, looks like my shorts days are numbered, out come the long pants!