Monday 18th August.
We appear to have mastered short travel days as today we travelled only a further 60 km's to Chinchilla, then out to Chinchilla Weir to a rest area we have been hearing a lot about.
Upon our arrival the weather has turned quite overcast and windy and not at all pleasant.
Despite there being a number of others occupying the better spots beside the weir we settled on a nice spot in the open and within reach of a power pole where FREE mains power is available. Yes, you read correctly, the local council have provided about 18 power outlets spread over three power poles around the area. As it was just after lunch time our very first duty was to boil the jug using this free power. No sooner had we boiled the jug and made coffee came a knock on the door from another camper enquiring if we had plugged in an electric kettle or jug. The power had suddenly gone off and they were pointing the finger at us until I told them that had we been the cause of the power failure then our jug would not have taken the time to boil. I armed myself with my 240 volt tester and proceeded to do the rounds of all the power poles only to find that power was non existent at all poles and outlets. They finally agreed that we were not the problem. I got onto the Internet, found the local power company and phoned them only to find out that due to the high winds power was out to the entire Chinchilla and surrounding district and not expected to be restored until at least tomorrow. Apologies from all and sundry were forthcoming.
Being a miserable day we confined ourselves indoors.
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