Rest Day in Dalby
Tilly was mischievous last night, scratching on Bluey's crate and waking him and me. He whined so I thought we would all get more sleep if he spent the rest of the night with me. Tilly did multiple acrobatic circuits bouncing off the bed, table, crate and floor. Somehow we did manage to get some sleep.
Our frisky feline spent the morning chattering at butterflies, birds and water dragons. She slipped out the door once and lay under our neighbour's van. Fortunately she was easily tempted out by a length of string.
One of our modifications was replacing all of the flyscreens in the Bushtracker. I had to remove all of the internal frames, take off the two rollers, then fit magnetic tape around the openings. The result is much safer flyscreens that should keep Tilly inside the van. The new screens are black which provide a better outlook.
We had breakfast at the Urban Paddock cafe and dinner at the Criterion Hotel. At Supercheap Auto we bought an infra-red thermometer to accurately measure how hot the caravan wheels really are. I spoke to the mechanic at Bushtracker's service department who thinks it is most likely to be a problem with the brakes. He made some suggestions how to identify the problem.
I went for a walk along Myall Creek where there is a good path and facilities such as outdoor exercise equipment, tables, playgrounds and green spaces. I passed the 2m, 3m and 4m flood height indicators. The worst flood in Dalby was in 1981 when it peaked at 4.5m. The entire caravan park would be under water if that peak was to be reached again, with our Bushtracker fully covered.
We watched as new neighbours struggled to reverse their small van onto their site. I realised we had met the two women and their small dog in Melbourne. They were at the Warrandyte caravan park while we were there in February 2020, and they moved to the Lilydale caravan park after they got a new car to replace one that had been damaged by hail. We had already relocated to Lilydale as it is a much nicer park. They were given the site next to us. They didn't remember us until I mentioned we had a cat with us. It is such a small world when other travellers can be in the same three parks at the same time as us, and be allocated adjacent sites in two of those parks. I made sure they are not stalking us!
Dalby is a thriving town with four supermarkets - Woolworths, Coles, Foodworks and Aldi. There is a large Big W and a K Mart Hub. With regular floods it is not surprising there are not many historic buildings of significance. I was impressed by the brickwork in the Catholic Church.
This attractive structure is on a corner of two main roads. I googled to discover it is a bell tower installed in 2001, which explained whh the timbers appeared to be fairly new.
