Meandra, Tara, Hannaford Qld.???

Milton, you forgot about the Myall Park Botanic Garden. It had an excellent display when Dave Gordon was alive to attend to the irrigation system but the place is suffering in the drought at present. Still worth a visit if you are interested in the native flora.

The town was the terminus of the railway line that was planed to go through to Surat but never made it. The old station is now their info centre and there are powered camp sites at the back of it.

We are looking at a caretaker position in Hannaford, to get off the road for awhile.
In normal circumstances I would drive there have a good look at the area and talk to the locals. But we are caretaking a small farm near Nanango and the round trip would be too expensive and would have to be an overnighter, so we would need to tow the van. Our Patrol gets 3km per litre without a head wind.
From other comments we know it gets cold in winter, but the boss says she loves the cold, I hate it.
The mention of the road conditions concerns me as our van doesn't do corragated or dirt roads that well,
Thank you for your comments too.
Merry Christmas
PeteM

Most dirt roads in the area are in generally fair condition, just reduce your speed and drive to the conditions and you should be ok.

You will also be close the The Gums, which has a Servo come general store.
For most bulk grocery needs it may be worth travelling to Miles, Chinchilla, Surat or Dalby all about the same travel time and have a better range of goods.
Miles has an IGA, Chinchilla an IGA, Woolworths and lots of smaller businesses, Dalby has a Shopping centre with Woolworths, Big W, a stand alone Coles and there is also an IGA. Surat has a Supermarket it's brand escapes me at the present.

Tara's Bakery has good quality bread products but can be expensive as a takeaway provider and I prefer to eat at the Café just up the road near the Grocery Store.

Temperatures at the moment are high average 35+ degree days and high teens to low 20's for nights.

Flies are friendly during the day and the mossies are the size of bombers at night.

When you are there send me a Message and I'll come and visit as I am in Chinchilla :)

Cheers Kev