Hervey Bay
Hervey Bay Last stop before heading back to Brisbane for Xmas. Will definitely be back to Hervey Bay. Beautiful but driving around is hectic. Extremely busy. We travelled 12,100kms to complete our Queensland loop. We have officially left the ‘all the gear and no idea’ group and now have a very good idea! That’s it […]
Bundaberg & Mon Repos
Bundaberg & Mon Repos Stayed in Bundaberg but didn’t visit the rum distillery this time as we have been there before. Went to Bargara for a swim the last time we were here was for the kid’s cross country competition years ago. Lovely little town. I visited Mon Repos and watched the film show. They […]
Agnes Water & Seventeen Seventy
Agnes Water & Seventeen Seventy Finally, we arrived somewhere you can swim where there are no jelly fish or crocs so off we went to the beach only to find it closed. The sea was black with bait fish and there were sharks everywhere the water was a frenzy of activity. The beach was very […]
Gladstone
Gladstone Had to stop for Simon to go and see the port and where the trains unload. I enjoy the nature and walks and Simon loves the trains, the ships and the docks. I was pleasantly surprised by Gladstone the park along the front is beautifully done they even have a waterfall. Previous Next
Rockhampton
Rockhampton Our first downpour of rain since we left in August, and it poured for a few hours and then the sun came out. Visited the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens, the wetland are amazing so many birds and water lilies. Unfortunately, a lot of it was screened off as they were setting up for a light […]
Yeppoon & Great Keppel
Yeppoon & Great Keppel Did a day trip over to Great Keppel. It has been raining off and on since we arrived in Yeppoon so we were lucky that the rain held off for our day trip. This is the first decent rain we have had since we left in August. Everywhere we have been […]
Pinnacle & Eungella
Pinnacle & Eungella Stopped at the Pinnacle Hotel for the night. Simon was very happy as the camping area was right in front of the cane railway so there were multiple cane trains going past. A pub and train track he was in heaven. Went up to Eungella Chalets we stayed here in 2008 […]
Townsville & Magnetic Island
Townsville Love Townsville it is a lovely town with a beautiful strand walk and 2 swimming enclosures and a lido. We went up Castle Hill which is this giant rock in the middle of the town. Amazing views over Magnetic Island. Magnetic Island Went on a day trip to ‘Maggie’ as the locals call it. […]
Etty Bay
Etty Bay A tiny little bay surrounded by densely forested hills, a very beautiful place. This bay is known for cassowaries and it didn’t disappoint. There was a very cheeky cassowary who went around the campsite trying to steal any food left out. Our neighbour left some bread rolls out in a plastic bag and […]
Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures
Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures Hartleys was the first place in Australia to breed crocodiles in captivity. They now do crocodile boat tours around the lagoon and do crocodile attack and feeding shows. The crocodile feeding show was good to be able to see the crocs up close and to hear the snap of their jaws which […]