I am sitting outside the Visitor Information Centre in Eidsfold in country Queensland. My daughter Sheree has gone inside to ask for directions. Parked in the middle of the road it is easy to watch all traffic from both directions as it passes by.
I have been amazed at the number of people towing caravans as they make their annual winter pilgrimage toward the warmer climes of central and northern QLD.
What is it that makes normal functional people for most of the year decide to hitch a mini house onto their car and then wander slowly around our inland regions – clogging up every road and highway and causing more than a little angst for those of us who are always in hurry to get somewhere.
I think the lessons to be learned today are;
1. Everyone has the right to travel through life at their own pace.
2. People in a hurry to get somewhere often miss the joy of the journey.
3. People who tow caravans obviously have way too much time on their hands.
4. Anyone who goes to Eidsfold and back in a day must have got lost.
