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 …
Ingham to Rollingstone The drive down to Rollingstone from Ingham wasn't very far so we ate a leisurely breakfast before packing up and heading off down the Bruce Highway. Of course there were the now familiar stops for roadworks but we were quickly checking in and setting up at Rollingstone before lunch and the ever …
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 …
Ayr to Ingham Left Ayr after an easy start to the day and headed up through Brandon before making our way to Townsville. We caught up with long time friends for lunch. They are staying with their daughter and son-in-law whilst having a house built in Brisbane. After sharing lunch and a dog walk we …
What To Do In Ayr Having been impressed with the vastness of the Burdekin River the previous day we were interested to see more. So we drove through the main part of town to get a map of the area at the Tourist Information Centre. As Karen wanted to look for a few things we …
Sarina to Ayr Our next destination was Ayr, a further 333kms north of Sarina. So, breakfast finished we were soon packed up and on the road north. However it didn't take long to come to the first section of roadworks on the Bruce Highway. Fortunately the lights were green so we were able to continue …
Sarina Street Art and Murals Given we saw so many beautiful murals in Sarina I have decided to devote this next post to them. Tropicana Tourist Park It was easy to feel you were in a tropical location at Tropicana Tourist Park with not only its well treed grounds but also its many murals on …
Kinka Beach to Sarina With just over 330 kms to travel we set off reasonably early from Kinka Beach. Coming back out onto the Bruce Highway just north of Rockhampton we made our way through the countryside passing a series of small towns dotted along the map, Yaamba, Canoona and Kunwarara before reaching Marlborough about …
Tannum Sands to Kinka Beach Time to head north. Much as we had really enjoyed our time in Tannum Sands we were hoping to find warmer temperatures so off we headed. Firstly over the bridge and out onto the Bruce Highway. Off we drove. As we crossed the Calliope River we noticed the water level …
Tannum Sands Much as we enjoyed our time in sunny Hervey Bay we were keen to travel further north, hoping to see an increase in the temperature. So off we went. Soon we came to the roundabout that connected us back onto the Bruce Highway. Pretty soon we were passing through the historic town of …
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