Satellite TV n stuff

Part of the reason we stopped in Gin Gin was to get ourselves a satellite TV system as we have both got fed up with the TV signal disappearing midway through programs for no apparent reason.

Our little van has a nice digital TV with a roof-mounted Wineguard antenna and we were actually quite surprised at the level of TV reception we were getting. Our neighbours at various stops on the way have complained about not getting TV reception at all.

My brother Graham showed us the satellite TV system he and Dee have onboard their BlueSky caravan and it was impressive. Good reception, TV & radio basically anywhere in the country, irrespective of ground based reception. He also showed us that it was minimum fuss to set up and not hugely expensive.

We saw a Solar 'N' Sat ute while we were in Bundy and thought we'd check them out in Gin Gin.

Big thanks to Adrian at Solar N Sat who supplied, installed, checked out and demonstrated how to use our new Sat King receiver. It uses VAST Satellite TV on the Optus D3 satellite. So far, it has worked a treat!

Our only misadventure so far was when a cow bumped the dish - alignment went out and the picture disappeared. That was a quick one to troubleshoot & fix !

Hangin' out near Gladstone

We're nearly at the point where we are going to basically turn left - head inland and leave the beautiful Queensland coastline behind.
Our journey from Bundaberg has been, as is becoming normal for us, quite leisurely and relaxing.
We stayed in a "primitive" bush camp at Workman's Beach near Agnes Waters for a few nights and are currently about 12 kilometres from Gladstone at the most unusual caravan park we have ever seen! A little more on that later, but first the promised military hardware from Gin Gin.

I didn't get the drone up, but managed to get these pics before we left. We saw another 40 odd military vehicles in various sized convoys between Gin Gin & Miriam Vale as we drove north.