We took a morning walk out to the point, and came across a memorial cairn to James Cooks landing here in 1770. Clare braved the waters for a swim, before we headed off to Bundaberg, stopping only for supplies from a great bakery in Agnes Water. In Bundaberg, we visited the Botanical Gardens for lunch […]

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We decided to bypass Gladstone, the next major town along the coast. By most reports (except the tourist brochure) it is a mostly industrial city with not much of interest. We continued onto the twin coastal towns of Agnes Water and 1770 (also known as ‘Town of 1770’ or ‘Seventeen Seventy’ - it has a […]

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We considered going to Great Keppel Island as a special trip for Rob’s birthday, but the resort on the island has recently closed. Instead we started the day with a special cooked breakfast, before driving back to Rocky to visit the Botanical Gardens which has a free zoo. We strolled around the park looking at […]

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Clare took a walk with Olive and her surrogate family, a few kids from the caravan park who have latched onto Olive. They saw the feature icon of Emu Park, the singing ship – a tribute to Captain Cook which makes music when the wind blows through the slender pipes. They played at the skate […]

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We drove from our free camp spot at Camilla Beach a couple of hours south to Rockhampton.  This feels like the longest driving we have done for a while – we forgot how tiring this can be. It’s good for Olive though as she sleeps most of the times when we’re driving. We drove though […]

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We drove back down from Eungella via the steep valley road to Mackay and back to the coast. The mountains were beautiful, but there is something alluring about the ocean. After a little shopping in town, we completed a self-guided heritage walk around town – Dad’s tours! We regularly take this option as it tours […]

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We woke to the most wonderful sunset we have ever seen. Looking out our back window we were looking down the valley as the sun was creeping out from the clouds. We are staying another day as this is such a great campsite (this is becoming a common theme – will we ever complete this […]

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