GORV - Digital Magazine Issue #30 | Page 31

RV FEATURE
DISTRACTIONS
We are often distracted in our travels thanks to
the stories of other travellers. We might have a
plan to head in one direction, but we will zig-zag
to another. This also means scrambling to change
plans and to find new campsites.
One particularly sunny day, we heard about the
Jimna Fire Tower in the Jimna State Forest, Qld. It
was great trip in on a bitumen road. We saw the
fire tower but found out we were not allowed to
climb it as it had been decommissioned. So we
headed into the little town of Jimna to find out
more about the tower and the area.
We were greeted warmly by the information
centre volunteer, who also ran a café onsite.
Lucky for us, he had cooked a campfire stew the
day before and treated us to a delicious meal.
We discussed where we were travelling and he
told us not to backtrack but to continue as there
was only about 10km of dirt track ahead of the
60-odd kilometres we had to drive back to the
main road.
Hmm. Now, I am not sure if his idea of 10km
was a bit off, but it was closer to 50km of dirt
The Jimna Fire Tower
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