The view from my "office"

Vang Vieng, another drive into to the bush yesterday, some nice scenery!
I thought I could get over that bridge, made it though the concrete blocks with about 2 inches each side, hmm maybe not, a 10 point turn required to go back!

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Vang Vieng, at pre dinner drinks last night, nice dog, interesting "funny cookies" on sale, dare say other things as well. Really good thunder storm.
Another drive today down what was the main road before the expressway was built.


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My travels West started in a familiar aluminum tube from my favourite airport:

Different runway direction to take off

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ATC Tower

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The end of the new runway with a couple of planes parked out in the open

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The beginning of Moreton Bay

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Sone island shots

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About 90 mins into flight to Adelaide we had to maneuver around a big storm

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This is how lightning strikes start bushfires:

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This was my chariot to ADL (captured from my new aircraft):

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When I woke up this morning, a delightful view of the Swan River:

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Today we headed north to Hervey Bay where I have had a unit in the Mantra for over 20 years. Contracts have been exchanged so I can look forward to more SKI trips. This will be our last visit.
Of course seeing I won’t be driving north as often they last month opened the Gympie bypass. What an improvement. The country is very green. A view from the bypass south of Gympie.IMG_1235.jpeg

The bypass.
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North of Gympie.
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North of Tiaro what used to be typical QLD scenes.
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Then south of Maryborough these fields were all sugar cane until a year ago.
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Our plan was to have a lychee ice cream but it was closed.
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