Monday 11 July 2022

Nice morning for packing up, even if it was a bit cold. Wearing shorts and North Face jumper! Only 100km drive down to Conway Beach, at the southern edge of Conway NP. The first 30kms of the Bruce Highway was all roadworks. Great little caravan park. Being a lovely afternoon we sat around chatting with various neighbours. Fixed the saucepan drawer.

Wednesday 13 July 2022

Drove to Proserpine for a look around. Not a big town, so not a lot of the major stores chains there. Bought some morning coffee and cakes at the bakery and drove out to the lake. That's a nice spot and really nice camping ground.

Friday 15 July 2022

We drove around to Shute Harbour and did "The Beak" walk.

It's a really nice walk, nice beaches, nice lookout.

Called into the supermarket and Big W on the way back home. Very pleasant day.

Saturday 16 July 2022

We had booked in for a cruise out to Whitsunday Island, so we had an early start for the drive around to Shute Harbour through some drizzle. A bit gray and wet as we headed out in quite a strong wind and stopped at Tongue Inlet to walk up to the lookout (over Hill Inlet and Whitehaven Beach). Great views! While we all had lunch the boat motored around to the south, and sheltered, end of Whitehaven Beach. We did another walk up to the lookout there and then spent an hour or so sitting on the beach and having a swim in the sunshine. Finally time to head back to Shute Harbour. Filled up with diesel on the drive back.

Monday 18 July 2022

Nice morning and we got packed up and ready to go by our usual time, about 5 minutes to 10am. It was a two and a half hour drive down to Sarina. In the afternoon we walked down to the supermarket and then walked back via the town centre.

Tuesday 19 July 2022

Drove into Mackay and visited the marina and then out to Slade Point and Lamberts Lookout. We visited here for morning tea when driving the motor home through here a few years ago. Came back into the town centre and walked around. Next we drove to the Hay Point Lookout that looked down on the ship loading centre. Finally we drove to Sarina Beach and then back to the caravan park.

Friday 22 July 2022

We had to leave Sarina today because all sites were booked out as there was a large sports event on over the weekend. We stopped off at Clairview and bought some tea and cake from the local ladies., as well as some home made sweet chilli sauce. Settled in for the night at Marlborough. Pretty average caravan park, but there ain't many options around here, and it did the job.

Saturday 23 July 2022

Then it was down to Rockhampton where we stopped at Aldi to do a major shop, and get some pods for our coffee machine! Finally we had a rather long 140 kilometre drive to Biloela. We got settled into the Boomerang CP and had a quiet afternoon (what was left of it!)

Tuesday 26 July 2022

Packed up with most things wet from the heavy dew. Today's drive was to Mundubbera. While being only 205 kilometres, the estimated time was around 2 hours 45 minutes as the road heads over the mountains, and the road left something to be desired. The park at Mundubbera was one of the best parkes we have stayed at on this trip. Drove in to town to get some groceries. Lovely afternoon to sit in the warmth.

Thursday 28 July 2022

Rather "cool" morning for packing up. We had to make a decision about which way to go to Kingaroy. The options were to follow the A3 by going east and then south, or to follow the state road towards Dalby by going south and then east. Eventually we decided to follow the A3. However, Google decided to take a shortcut which ended up costing us about 20-25 minutes and driving along very rough roads. The CP has good size sites and quality amenities.

A very cold night (around 0c)!

Tuesday 2 August 2022

Today's drive to Toowoomba was only 160km along the A3, but Google Maps was saying it would be close to two and a half hours. We ignored Google trying to get us to turn off and to go via Dalby. Over the next 40km we had to stop at roadworks more times than I can remember. Coming into Toowoomba we realised we were back in a big(gish) smoke, with traffic lights and lots of traffic.

In the afternoon to walked around the Botanical Gardens and then drove to the Japanese Gardens in the University grounds. Both well worth the visit.

Saturday 6 August 2022

We took a drive down to Gatton and back and then drove to some of the lookouts of the escarpment.

Sunday 7 August 2022

We had left the driving tour around the city until today as we thought the traffic would be quieter. The tour took us around many of the classic old suburbs with beautiful old houses. We ended up at the Cobb & Co Museum, where we had lunch (excellent stockmans pot) and then toured the museum. We were surprised how good this museum was.

Monday 8 August 2022

Nice sunny morning, so we did a short walk at Picnic Point.

After lunch we started packing up for the next day departure.

Wednesday 10 August 2022

Temperature managed to get below freezing this morning, but it was sunny and warming up. This pack up was easy as it was only the power, water and sullage that needed disconnecting. We stopped in Tenterfield for coffee and then headed east along the Bruxner Highway towards Casino. We had many stops for roadworks, but we eventually arrived just after 1pm. Again we stayed hitched up and sat in the sun enjoying the heat!

Thursday 11 August 2022

Lovely morning for a easy packup. The first 100km was along the Summerland Way, and the road surface was best we have had in a long time. Refuelled in Grafton and then rejoined the Pacific Highway for the straight forward drive to Coffs Harbour where we got a site at the Park Beach Holiday Park. Took a walk around to the jetty.

Friday 12 August 2022

Drizzly morning as we set off for the 250km drive home in light rain. We commented how much this road has changed over the years, but much of it all looks the same. Once we arrived we had the unenviable task of starting the unpacking after three months away.