The trip up the highway also coincided with the return of the rain. Luckily we had already packed up and set off by the time it set in but it certainly changed the look of the scenery on the drive northwards.
We didn’t actually stop until we got got to the Honey Spot in Urunga. This was a little honey producer that had set up a retail outlet, cafe and nursery. The place was pretty simple but had a lovely feel about it and certainly attracted plenty of the passing traffic.
This passing trade also highlighted something else we had noticed on the way up the highway.
Regularly between the campsite and Urunga were signs trying to attract people off the highway into nearby towns that had been bypassed over the years. This bypassing, while obviously speeding up the journey by taking the traffic out of the towns, also meant that those towns no longer had the volume of people travelling through making it much harder for the businesses to attract travellers.
We also went into the central area of Urunga to do some shopping and it had a relaxed and attractive feel about it.
Final stop was at a campsite in Thora, where we are intending to base ourselves for a couple of days while we explore the area. The most impressive thing for the day is that while I am writing this the kids have decided to try their hands at cooking tea and have done a great job with rissoles, mashed potatoes, carrots and peas being served as I finish this post
. The experience was also good for the kids as Max is now talking about cooking breakfast tomorrow morning.
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