Emerald Beach to Jimmy's Beach As it was only 350 kms to our next stopping point we had a leisurely breakfast before packing up at Emerald Beach. Heading out onto the highway we were soon heading south. The tell tale signs winter was past its worst were evident - lots of beautiful wattles were in …
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 …
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 …
Tyto Wetlands The next day we headed into town to the Tyto Wetlands which the bad weather and good company the previous day had put on the back-burners of our plans. After parking at the carpark at the Tourist Information Centre we checked out the map of the wetlands first. So off we went. It …
Roma We had a fairly slow start the next day. Mid morning we drove down the street and bought a couple of things in their camping store, grabbed a few items in the supermarket before buying some lunch at their busy, well stocked bakery. After lunch we drove to the house of a girl who …
Vehicle movement noise disturbed us about 6:45 the next morning so we ate a quick bowl of cereal and hitched up the caravan and drove into Dales Campground. As we turned in we could see a queue of about six or seven other rigs so we joined on the end. Just after 8:00 the first …
Day 29 - Darwin to Jabiru Packed up and headed to shops at Humpty Doo to stock up. Drove towards Jabiru. Stopped at Mamukala bird hide. A short walk lead us to the actual hide. Lots of information about the birds and the seasons recognised by the local indigenous people was available. Had a good …
