Leaving Rolleston we put in a big effort to get to Injune for the night. On part of the 260k’s we were behind a roadtrain for about 40k’s with some very slow sections (10kph on the long hills) but then would hit 100 plus on the down hill run making it difficult for us to pass. As we approached some roadworks with new tar and freshly laid stone,s the speed limit was the usual 60k’s, another truck caught us from behind, so the truck in front calls up the truck behind to go past in the 60km new work zone – stones and tar everywhere….

Checking out Injune something must have changed but for a while we struggled to work it out – there was one new building town! Down one of the side roads was a new museum which was closed while we there. The caravan park was charging $40 for the night with power and water and the racecourse (aka showgrounds) $20 for the same, we ended up staying for a couple of nights watching stars at night, and the antics of the grey nomads (that is – ones that we think look even older than us!)

A walk around the lagoon while we occupied the one available washing machine in the laundromat was pleasant, along with the daytime temperature into the high 20’s meant that we could minimise the really feral look in the campground with the washing hanging off the van for as shortest time possible! The evening temperatures are still cool and encourage getting inside before its really cold. Starlink saved the day again to be able to watch the Matildas live, the phone data service struggled with all of the nomads in town and the local TV was 6 varieties of ABC only.

From Injune it was a leisurely stroll down to Roma. On the way we checked where the Injune coal mine had been before closing some time back. It was next to the also now gone railway line and which was successful in its day. One of the interesting stories from that time was that the coal tunnels ran under the main road, and one evening during rain the ground sunk, and a car went into the hole. One man died in there and the other was pulled out alive.

At Roma we stayed the Roma Gun Club Caravan Park, yes you read that right! The Gun Club caravan park has grown to about 100 sites, and again is about half the price of the caravan parks in town. On Thursdays you can have a lesson on clay pigeon shooting, on Saturdays the gun club is firing away, and if there is a red flag flying – don’t walk the paddocks….

We enjoyed a couple of nights here and checked out Roma’s biggest bottle tree, the town and district, observed some great parking and a fantastic red sunset over the Gun Club Caravan line up, and very clear skies at night for looking up.

Leaving Roma tomorrow – next stop? not sure…