Thursday, 7 September 2017

Rockhampton

they were waiting for us, they prepared this earlier
 
 
 
Gracemere Caravan park....home for a week
                                                                               

very nice and peaceful park


they were here everyday for a feed 

 
picnic area on the Mount Archer lookout

view of Fitzroy river from Mount Archer

 
 view of Rockhampton from Mount Archer 

charity truck rally through Rockhampton Saturday afternoon, 100's of trucks


 
one of the bridges crossing Fitzroy river in Rocky  
 
 
lookout on the way to Mount Morgan
 
selfie at the lookout
 
 
you got to wonder where 100 years of gold went to......although its a very pretty town, there's no sign of gold now 

view of the open cut mine

main street......near one of the many hotels, I guess these trees got plenty of overnight "watering" over the years

the billy was full of beer and used similar to a baton in a relay and went from pub to pub, the quickest runner and drinker would win if still standing, this tradition is now an annual event in the town.
In the early mining days one of the young guys was sent to get the beer at the end of the day. He had to run along the edge of the cut mine and back again. 
 
no 7 dam, beautiful picnic area 
 

 

pretty old, but not so pretty


one of the many hotels in the town
 
 
looks like  a picture, a perfect building, still impressive

a visit to the Capricorn caves, north of Rockhampton
 
 

 
statues like this are everywhere around this place, they love their bulls
 
 
time to leave after a very pleasant relaxing week
 

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