After picking up the van at 5pm, we headed 45minutes 'up the road' to
Kybong. We have stayed here before and it is a very popular
overnighter. Most of the spots had already been taken and we ended up
pulling over on the side of the entry road.
Kybong is about 10
klms south of Gympie and has for a long time been a truck stop with
heaps of truck parking. We have, and still, refer to it as Matilda, as
this is what it was when we would pass through when the kids were
little. Now the day use area has been converted to an overnight area for
travellers. It is situated on a lake with many ibis nesting on an island in the centre of the lake. There are cows in the paddock next door and even though it is close to the highway, there is little traffic noise at night.
It is no longer a Matilda petrol station, but now a
Puma. The centre includes a food court and a cafe, as well as a
convenience store and tourist information centre. We usually cook our own dinner in the evening and buy breakfast at the food court in the morning.
You can see Matilda, the 1982 Commonwealth Games mascot, lives here.
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