Day 23 - Yeppoon to Byron Bay 840 Kms

"Murphy's Law" What can go wrong will go wrong. Organised ourselves to be on the road by 7:00 Am. Jumped in the car turned the ignition. Flat battery. Lost an hour. The Racq, the equivalent of the NRMA in NSW were terrific and had us going after 8:00 after replacing Jan's car 3 year old battery.

Unfortunately the A1 is a construction in progress with road works every 20 Kms it seemed.

These stops could range from sometimes 5 - 10 minutes. They are enough to drive a man to drink.

Hit the Gold Coast M1 at 6:00 PM and was travelling at times no faster than 5 Km per hour. Absurd on a an 8 lane motorway. This went for about 25 - 30 Kms until we passed through Tweed Heads.