Date: 3rd and 4th July 2024
Travelled: 258 kms from Nebo to Capella
Visited: Capella
Stayed: Capella CP, $37, S23.07820, E148.02188
Budget: 45 days @ $XX per day
From Nebo itโs a long drive to Emerald especially as our preferred route is the Peak Downs Hwy. Itโs longer than taking the Fitzroy Developmental Road which has mysterious unsealed sections. Our first thought is spending a night at Clermont but the CP is full when we enquire, so we drive on another 60 kms to Capella.
Capella is a pub, post office, motel and cafe. The supermarket closed several years ago, but it is the shire capital and has a couple of impressive buildings associated with that.. The CP is down the river end of town which appears mandatory in Australia. Itโs a nice enough place with a mixture of grey nomads travelling and grey not so nomads who will stay until called by the Lord.
It only takes a few minutes to settle in, but its been a long drive so weโll leave the exploring until tomorrow.
The lady running the CP suggests a few places we can explore by our bikes, so we head off to do the highlights, our first stop is the cemetery
We manage to ride out to the showgrounds which happens to have the largest undercover horse arena weโve ever seen. Our original thought of walking up to the pub for dinner are given a miss as the pub is up the other end of town. Walking a kilometre back along the hwy after a few beers takes away our enthusiasm.
Anyway that was Capella.
Michael + Pam
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Hi guys, the dreaded drive home. Get your thermals out it’s cold back here. Wow!! Ronnie must have been a stand out figure in life & again in death. The light horse figures are very impressive indeed. Safe travels back ๐