We woke up early and enjoyed a breakfast with products from the farm, while watching the highlights of yesterday’s Tour de France stage. We also went for a short walk around the farm, during sunrise, to exercise a bit before a long day in the car.

After passing the Great Dividing Range (more than 1300m high), we stopped for lunch at Glenn Ines in a nice pub, at the Great Central Hotel. We had a very traditional lunch with roasts/beef pies, and played pool with the kids. The city looks just like Gloucester yesterday, far-west style.

The afternoon was a long drive. We took the touristic Mount Lindesay road. We stopped at the Thunderbolt Hideout, a place where a locally famous outlaw, Fred Ward, hid for years in the 19th century – very far-west again. Tom then stopped at the Bald Rock park, where we climbed a huge granite boulder.

The drive from there was a bit magical, as the sun was setting on a landscape that reminded us of the Lion King movie. We listened to several version of the song, English, Japanese, French etc. I think the english one is the best.

We arrived during the evening in Brisbane, on time to watch the Australia-England rugby game… on TV, even though it’s in Brisbane.