50-cent Fun - Milton ...

A few days after our Chelmer adventure, I booked for today's Milton Greet. The weather prediction didn't look great last night (or when we set off this morning) but we decided to go anyway, cos we'd coped with worse as Victorians!

Although there was some blue sky at home, all was quite overcast at Milton, where we met our guide and two other other participants.

Even though we became QLDers in 2017, we haven't really explored many of the Brisbane suburbs in depth, so there was lot of new information to take in.  We enjoyed seeing some very interesting places as we walked, chatting along the way.

We drive through the main part of Milton at times but it was fun to explore on foot, excellently guided by Charlie.

Suncorp Stadium is a landmark of the suburb and not somewhere we'd usually go.  There were so many currawongs in the area, calling to each other - lovely to see!  

We were near the stadium when all the dogs walked past.  Such a happy sight!  

A lady on her way to work commented the dog-walking was a daily event and lots of people paused in their activities to awww over the dogs!

It rained at different points of our walk, but not enough to dampen our spirits.  

It was only toward the end that the rain really set in.  We were near the river by that stage, so farewelled the rest of the party and made our way to Milton ferry terminal.

We sat undercover to eat some lunch, waiting for the rain to ease - then walked back to a park we'd seen earlier, which appealed because of the in-theme train playground!

Our pocket rocket stove did great work and we appreciated having tea/coffee with cake, sitting under cover.  The rain seemed to have stopped when we packed up and set off to Auchenflower station.  Hah!

Oh, we were truly saturated by the time we got to the station!  Our shared umbrella hadn't provided much coverage at all!

Hot showers and dry clothes were our first priority once home.  

We walked 8.5km in total, so were glad of our lounge chairs.  

The folding hiking cushions are being well used though and we're very pleased we bought them. I can leave mine partly folded, so it works a little like my regular seat wedge.

Today's total fare cost was $2.00 - 50c each way, for each of us. Bargain!

The distance from home to Milton 35.8km. Local diesel is $2.21 per litre today. A return drive would have cost around $15.80.  I'm not sure about parking!