Kingscliff to Emerald Beach We awoke again to another wet day. Breakfast was soon finished and we packed up quickly in between showers. As we headed off we had one more look at the Tweed River before making our way onto the M1 south. Even though the terrain was mostly flat with a few hills …
Golden Beach to Kingscliff This was the day we left Queensland and continued south into New South Wales. To avoid peak hour in Brisbane we left about 9:30. This meant we would be passing through Brisbane about 10:30. Things were going well until we reached a point where the freeway split. Unfortunately we were in …
Bundaberg to Caloundra Our next stopping point was going to be Golden Beach in Caloundra. The trip south started smoothly. Love the old buildings in Childers. Lots of roadworks after that until we passed the turn off to Hervey Bay. We stopped in Gympie for cheap fuel. After paying about $2.35 per litre of diesel …
Bundaberg Botanic Garden For regular readers you know we love to see Australian native plants so visiting Bundaberg's Botanic Gardens was a must. So off we went on our last day in Bundaberg. After finding a car park we checked out a map of the gardens at the entrance. By the way it's free to …
Mt Larcom to Bundaberg Next morning we did a quick walk upon waking to see how the sunrise and Mt Larcom lined up. Here's the result. Obviously I was up a bit late but we only had 215 kms to drive to our next stopping point. Once breakfast we over we packed up and headed …
Townesville to Bowen The drive down to Bowen didn't take long. A lot of the countryside was sugar cane country. Between Ayr and Home Hill we crossed the Burdekin River. In Home Hill we stopped for a break. Here's a piece of creative street art we saw. Wangaratta at the Beach Caravan Park, Bowen By …
Castle Hill Walk - Cudtheringa Track Having done the Mt Louisa Lookout Walk the day before was good preparation for taking on the Castle Hill Walk the next day with our friend Dorothy. We drove in from Coral Coast Tourist Park, passing the sign at the edge of the city limits as we went. We …
Mt Louisa Lookout Walk Whenever we are caravanning with our little dog Mel we are always on the lookout for dog friendly walking locations. In the Townsville area, just to the west of the main town was the Mt Louisa Lookout Walk. It was a short drive from the caravan park to the carpark near …
After a very quiet night we organised breakfast and packed up and made the short drive down to Coral Coast Tourist Park. It didn't take us long to set up and do a quick reconnaissance walk around the park. The amenities block was large and clean, the camp kitchen and barbecue weren't too far from …
Mel woke us up quite early the next morning which didn't turn out to be a bad thing as we saw the sun finish rising and took a quick walk along the beach before breakfast. The rest of the morning was a washing day as at last it was sunny enough to dry it. That …
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