Tuesday 30th September, (Emerald).
How plans can change; We are now at Emerald, or at least at Lake Maraboon 20k south of Emerald, on our trip back to the coast via Carnarvon Gorge. We have almost decided to bypass Carnarvon Gorge, as the caravan park we are now in is just so nice, on the edge […]
Saturday 27th September, (Moranbah).
So bloody hot: It must have been at least mid to high 30’s today.
We have now moved to Moranbah, about 180k inland from Mackay. This is a purpose built town for the workers at the coalmines in the area. There does not seem to be much for tourists to do in the […]
Wednesday 24th September, (Mackay).We had our guided bus tour today and although it was a pleasant change to not have to drive I don’t think we will go on another. With a little looking at information centres we could have found info about all we did see today, and we would not have had to […]
Monday 22nd September, (Mackay).
We have in fact booked on a bus trip for Wednesday and are going to enjoy someone else driving us around for a change. We will tour the area inland from here and incorporates gorges, waterfalls and such, with meals provided as well; We are looking forward to it.
After driving around town […]
Saturday 20th September, (Mackay).
We did stay an extra day at Midge Point, which we thoroughly enjoyed, but our feelings about returning have been dampened a little by the fact that there is in fact several types of insects present, including the dreaded Midge. We were not bothered too much by the insects, the biggest problem […]
Wednesday 17th September, (Midge Point).
It has been demonstrated once again that one can’t listen to what some people say about places we intend visiting. We are now at Midge Point and are so far rapt in the area, we had people at Bowen tell us that they hated the place and would never return again. […]
Tuesday 16th September, (Bowen).
Bowen; The place, when back in 2001, I had my introduction to what Midge bites can do to a person. Since then we have heard several stories about Midge bites. For example some say they don’t bite at all, rather they urinate on one and this being an acidic constituent causes a […]
Friday 12th September, (Bowen).
Bowen: we are now there and we have changed our attitude of this town. The first time we were here we stayed in a caravan park in the town centre, and sand flies attacked me. This detracted from our ideas of this town somewhat and left here not thinking much of the […]
Tuesday 9th September, (Townsville).
Unfortunately we had to forego the idea of coastal towns for a short while. The weather turned rough and with the rain and wind coming in from the sea stopovers at these places would not have been very welcoming, so we went straight on to Townsville. We have been here since Friday […]
Wednesday 3rd September, (Flying Fish Point).
These ‘bear o’clock’ sessions the locals have here would be the better ones we have ever attended. Tonight was the third night we have been here and there has been a gathering each evening. A couple of campers who have been here for a while start the gathering and everybody […]