We got up early so that we could get to Agnes Water for the 10am surf lessons for $17. We missed the sign so carried on until 1770, where we had loads of time to kill, so had a banana and strawberry smoothie in 'The Tree' cafe. It was good that we were reminded of the skills to surf, because I definitely had forgotten since Newquay, and the waves seemed a bit more difficult to ride (either that or I was a lot lazier this time round). I only managed to stand ...

On the drive towards Rockhampton, we passed a horse skills show. We stopped off in Rocky so Alice could buy some sunglasses and to get some food. I had found out that there was a free campsite in Bororen, but it was a bit confusing because there was a sign with a camping symbol with 2 km written below it, and we had got much further than 2 km out without seeing further instructions as to where it was, so we turned around and saw the same sign when we went th...

Since there were no showers at the free campsite, we asked the swimming pool if we could pay to use theirs. It seems they must get it a lot, as he answered '$2.50' pretty quickly and without any thought. The dinosaur footprints we had heard about were actually in Winton, another 2 hours drive away, so we just went to the Stockman's Hall of Fame and Heritage Centre. It was very informative, with a video and 5 galleries, and we paid to see the optional stockma...

Our original plan for today was to either drive to Longreach (an outback town) or go to Rockhampton for tomorrow evenings rodeo show, but we still hadn't decided which one when we woke up. Ideally we would have gone to Longreach from Rockhampton, but I don't think we'd have been able to fit everything in before the 9th (Blake- the Surfer's Paradise manager- wants us to go to the new menu meeting then), so we decided against both, with the intention of taking a ...

I set the alarm for 5, but it wasn't light enough to see anything then, so our platypus viewing started at 6 instead. We gave up at about half past, so got ready to go on to Eungella. When we arrived at the platypus viewing platform, I asked a couple if they had seen one, which they hadn't. We had arrived at 8.40, and so wasn't expecting much since the best times were 4am-8am and 3pm-7pm. However our patience eventually lead to us spotting some. They were tiny-...