Biloela to Belyando Crossing
6 May 2019
Master Map
Another glorious day saw us underway early and heading 70 kms or so to the Wowan Roadhouse where we refuelled the bikes and ourselves for the long and relatively straight day ahead of us. Heaven knows why Wowan exists, but the roadhouse had a good feel and we had a pleasant breakfast and conversation with a couple of travellers.
The roadhouse at Wowan
There's not a lot to tell about the day's travel. This is open country with 100-200 kms between fuel stops. On the CB, that requires a little planning and continued application of NoRoomToMove's First Law of Motion and Fuel Consumption. Conditions were great—sunny with mild temperatures and the bikes rolled along easily through Queensland's coal-mining country.
The faces of a multitude of un-made-up clowns seeking election to the nation's Parliament on 18 May beamed at us from corflutes nailed to way-too-many trees. Likewise signs encouraging the opening of a new coal mine were prevalent. At Clermont, where we stopped for fuel, the pub was festooned with banners in response to an anti-mine protest that had rolled through town a few days before.
A milestone for Cormanus
Somewhere on the A4 approaching Emerald
Water and comfort stop on the A4
There are fantastically long coal trains hauling their load across to the ports. I can never get over their sheer length.
I finally got one of these mirror shots to work!
I never got close enough to find out exactly what this bike was, but I think it was a modified 2-stroke carrying its owner home from work to Clermont
One of many enormous road trains. They move a phenomenal amount of air and it pays to be right on the opposite shoulder when passing. I can't imagine trying to overtake one in the rain.
Nightfall saw us at Belyando Crossing where there's a roadhouse with motel rooms and a camp site and not much else. We took a room on the basis that it was late and we had another long day ahead of us.
