Quote Originally Posted by Blue victor View Post
Hey Camper

No doubt you experienced the thousands of tiny bats that go mental as you slowly drive through the Boolboonda tunnel.

On our annual 4 day freezing family weekend camping trip to Cania Gorge in June each year we would stop there and let the 3 kids (6,10,12) sit on the bonnet of the VS Commodore wagon circa 2004ish and spotlight the bats using those Supercheap 500 megagazillion watt hand held spotlights to spot all the bats. they used to love it.

If you came from the south and it looks you did, is old mate "Hillbilly Manor" still going with all the old commies and the odd Torana still there?

Did you see the original schoolhouse up on the left?

PS You gotta get a shot of your van in downtown Cracow when next through. As you know those shopfronts are almost from an old Western and I half expect to find the Brady Bunch trapped in a cell when I go through

I actually didn't see any bats, I was looking forward to seeing some. A friend has just told me about another old rail tunnel near the Bunya mountains that I will have to look for now, can't drive through but apparently heaps of bats!

I came from Eidsvold, through Mt. Perry and then heading out to Gin Gin, definitely the Hillbilly Mansion is still there, (I was reminded of a mix between Jed Clampett and one of my uncles) I almost stopped off to ask about the Torana's (Family favourite), I saw the school but didn't get out to look at it. Nice area and looks like it stays pretty green through there too. Next time I want to come from Gin Gin and follow the Mt. Perry - Monto road, still dirt in places and looks to have a couple of "interesting" creek crossings. Maybe even finally get to Mingo Crossing.

The shopfronts in Cracow are amazing, like a movie set. I always expect to see a horse tied up at the rails there, real wild west look, some interesting old cars in paddocks around there too.

You're right about the cold at Cania too, only camped there twice, both in winter and deathly cold at night in the swag (any excuse for a huge fire), but absolute bird heaven and I love the ferns and caves. Some good property around there too, although there was that one guy recently who got busted for a few thousand guns hidden in shipping containers underground, apparently getting ready for the apocalypse.