I 23 rd October
Yesterday I thought it would be a quick day at Mum's but although we finished about 3:30 because we were plain stuffed we had worked for nearly the whole day again( 7 hours) just clearing and then wrapping paintings. This has been a mammoth task. Peter and I have worked solidly for two weeks with help from Tim and Jan and Scott and Heidi when they were able. Today though we went to Yangan our childhood home 21 kms south of Warwick. Our parents had the general store and both Peter and I started school there.
There isn't much of a town really but our old store is still operating as is the post office, the pub and the school of arts. The school has grown from a two roomer to a multi building enterprise although still modest. Peter remembered a lot more than I did because he was 9 when we left and I was only 5. I had forgotten how beautiful the country was and the soil was so black and rich.
We had been motivated by a heavy horse field day being run for charity. It was about showcasing clydesdales and bullocks and how they were used on farms to pull or drive farm machinery. It was very interesting and there was a huge turnout so I am sure they made a good profit.
We then drove through Killarney a very pretty town with a rich history of timber milling , dairying, crop farming and even mining and home through Boonah and Beaudesert. The closer we got to Beenleigh the greater the housing development. It is shocking to see these developments without road or rail infrastructure to support the residents.
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