Hervey Bay, Queensland

Jul 11, 2012

Day 77 Agnes Water - Bundaberg - Childers - Hervey Bay " Hit city Sharp nights Rag clothing Dancing on the Jetty......" And the wind did howl and the caravan did shake and things went flying in the night ! Last night the wind really picked up. So much so that half the park was awake just before midnight busily packing up awnings and preparing the storm kits! I had to tape the power outlet cover that was banging against the van.... At least with the howlin...

Agnes Water, Queensland

Jul 10, 2012

Day 76 Yeppoon - Rockhampton - Gladstone - Agnes Water - 1770 "Down by the sea I found your hidden treasure Just you and me, We overdosed on pleasure Yonnies in the wind, We're ruggin' up for winter Putting out the bins In cold and windy weather......." There were lots of animals at the Zoo in Rockhampton today - but we were the only monkeys! Gee it poured with rain last night! I had hoped that it would rain itself out but no luck there. We awoke to g...

Yeppoon, Queensland

Jul 9, 2012

Day 75 Airlie Beach - Proserpine - Mackay - Yeppoon "so jump in my car we'll go 100 around the bend, we'll take this road until we're back at the start yet again....." Today was a moving day. Everyone was on the move. Some heading North, some heading South and some moving on.....poor Leonard! We left Airlie Beach under light grey skies with lots of blue patches just after 8. We drove through Proserpine and then headed South towards Mackay. We stopped in at M...

Airlie Beach, Queensland

Jul 8, 2012

Day 74 Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour "all the cops in the donut shop say way oh way oh ooh wayo wayo...." We needed to chat to the boys in blue today. We awoke to grayish skies with blue tinges and intermittent light rain again today. It's hard to get used to rain again after glorious sunshine for so long. Still, it's not enough rain to stop you from doing anything - wont even wash the car! We left at about 9am to drive into Airlie Beach proper and out to S...

Airlie Beach, Queensland

Jul 7, 2012

Day 73 Townsville - Ayr - Bowen - Airlie Beach "get your motor runnin, head out on the highway...." Headwind.... We woke to grey skies this morning. First time in over 10 weeks the sky wasn't cloudless and blue! Before getting back on the road we decided to drive back to The Strand and maybe have a swim at the lagoon at the beach. Too windy though and even though the water temp was ok, no one was interested. We walked along the beachfront and out onto the je...