14 August - Gympie Qld

We arrived at Saskia and Peter's house at noon yesterday. The first priority was to get acquainted with Tilly (Matilda) a very cute Rottweiler/Kelpie cross which Sas and Pete 'rescued' from the RSPCA. It was puppy love at first sight. Tilly is a very calm and affectionate dog and we all became life long friends immediately. I'm trying to capture a good photo of her and I will post it when I get one.
It was good to catch up with Sas and Pete when they got home from work. I had seen them on my motorcycle trip in May but it's been some time since Rosa has been in Gympie and there was a lot to catch up on. Tomorrow we will visit Cecilia and Rob who are camped at Poona, where Sas and Pete also have a holiday hideaway - so, a mini family reunion.
We enjoyed another beautiful sunny day here and this afternoon I wandered around the streets of Gympie looking to capture some of the architectural aspects. Gympie was a bustling gold mining town from the 1870's onwards and it shows in the quality of some of the civic buildings.

Of course over the last 70 or 80 years many of the old buildings have been covered up with ugly aluminium and glass facades but if you look up above the shops in the main street there are still quite a few verandahs with lacework ornamentation.

Really enjoyed just strolling around and chatting with some of the locals and capturing just the odd detail here and there.

We'll probably be here in Gympie until Tuesday morning when we move onto Noosa on the Sunshine Coast.