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

 

Longreach To Rockhampton

Longreach, We were here last year, so didn't need to spend much time here, still a great town to visit

 

Tower in the back ground. Tropic Of Capricorn marker at the base

 

looks like this automobile has been in the main street a long time, no parking time limits here! 

Having a look around Barcaldine, another beautiful old town 

 

parked opposite the Shakespeare Hotel

 

large windmill in the middle of town 

looking for wisdom 

didn't get any wisdom, so trying for some hair..no luck there either

 

next stop Jericho, another interesting town

 

biblical symbolic monument called the 'Crystal Trumpeters'.

 The structure also includes bricks that are painted the colours of the rainbow and the crystals also reflect a rainbow of coloured light onto the roof of the structure.

 

scrap metal structure of a shearer bearing the Eureka flag during the shearers strike

 

Blackwater, the coal mining Capital of Queensland

 

 that is a mother of a bucket, you have t\o wonder how big the machine was that  it was attached to.

 

 

coal going over the top of the Capricorn highway to fill the coal trains

there were numerous of almost endless trains along this highway

coming into a town called Dingo

  

Heading to Rockhampton for several days to soak in some coastal scenery and some beautiful 28 degree days and a well deserved major service for the JEEP.