Road trip to Sydney

For those not interested in a short road trip look away now. For us it was a time for celebration - hubby's birthday and our chance to be with two of our three beloved sons. We travelled out towards Ipswich in what can only be described as fog reminiscent of a Delhi January. It was thick and soupy and the outlines of the bare trees could just be made out. By the time we arrived in Warwick the clouds and fog had burnt off and we were back in the good old Queensland Sunshine. Warwick is full of large churches. A flourishing regional town. From there to Inglewood and Yelarbon. The eucalypts on the side of the road showing signs of the seasons with some form of mistletoe hanging off their branches, going from green to bright orange and red. Yelarbon, small but somehow grand with its silo art and lovely lagoon. 

Goondiwindi - on the borders of QLD and NSW. This was my favourite bit of Australiana. We all say it but seeing it up there in the fields was magical - ONCE UPON A TIME....

The lovely Victoria hotel in the centre of the town. 

Off we sped to Moree and beyond where I noticed small balls of cotton by the road side - and then this. 

Fields of white cotton - contrasted with fields of wheat and legumes as big as our hungry eyes could stretch. Such a rich fertile part of Queensland - onto our final destination for the night, the centre of the mouse plague - none visible in town, but apparently plaguing the country side- Narrabri. 

Along the way the most stunning sunset on one side of the road and on the other a full moon rising behind some hills ready for a lunar eclipse.  Unforgettable. 

Narrabri's information centre complete with a cotton harvester and cotton dress. As we crossed the bridge to leave the town we saw a football field full of excited corella football hooligans invading the pitch. We passed fields of beautiful Hereford cows, Black Angus and sheep in paddocks. 

And from there to Mudgee, a wine region with vineyards in every fork of the road, via a number of smaller towns - some with a handful of populations but all proudly Aussie. We came across a field of galahs swirling round in beautiful formations and some autumn colours. 

To Pearsons Lookout looking over the majestic Capertree Valley, the second largest enclosed canyon in the world where a chilly wind was blowing, before we started our descent into Sydney.