Mackay

3 hour drive to Mackay from Rockhampton,  fog 8.00am to 9.00am

fog cleared and we could see .....more vans

and beautiful scenery... Bruce highway, sugar cane and mountains in the background, (just for a change, ha ha) there were about 500 photos to choose from..... not really, but Sharon took heaps

 

3 hours later we are in Mackay and looking for our new home for the next 3 days.

Driving to Eungella (pronounced youngella) National Park, 100ks West of Mackay

Sign just before entering Park

one of the many streams we had to drive across to get to Finch Hatten Gorge

and another

free "drive through" car wash

View from Eungella Lookout

Broken River on other downside of Eungella

Broken River

Broken River

taken from car window on the drive back down from Eungella you could almost touch this from the car

 Teemburra Dam, not much of a dam but we went there anyway

 

Lighthouse at Mackay Harbour

Mackay Harbour

Sharon on the rock at Mackay Harbour Breakwater

Coal Ship loading Area Mackay Harbour

 

Mackay beach from Lambert Lookout

 

Mackay beach from Lambert Lookout

all to myself......the beach at Cape Hillsborough National Park

and again

and again 

 

not to myself ..,theres Joe coming onto the beach out of the bush

and a wallaby, all of  a sudden its crowded

this treasure of  a place is on the fringe of the national park.... 

.......is a small beach village called Seaforth, it would be like living in Paradise if the temperature stayed at 25 degrees all year round

 

Now for a one hour drive back to Moana caravan park and get ready to move on tomorrow to Airlie beach.

 

 

 

 

Seventeen Seventy/Agnes waters - Kepple Sands, Yeppon, Rockingham,

Anchors Away, or is it aweigh? - town of  1770

Captain Cooks Monument

they reckon he was on this beach....we couldn't find his footprints

 

                     walking track around seventeen seventy

view from lookout

seventeen seventy view at the bottom

seventeen seventy view at the bottom

Agnes water beach

 Agnes Water beach

 dinner at last

Turkey Beach East of Miriam Vale

 

Turkey Beach

Turkey Beach we travelled 45 min to see this!

Reef Caravan Park Agnes  water

it was a very pretty park

Stopped here for coffee 75k south of Rockhampton

traffic on Bruce hwy between Bundaberg and Rocky

van after van...... nearly got RSI from constant finger waving

beautiful mountain scenery along the way...photos don't do it justice

guess where we are?

Staying 3 nights, 35k east of Rocky.... Kepple Sands.

Crocodile in this inlet!

ast

finally took a selfie

 

Great gardens with small Zoo within....free entry pretty good

 

Botanic Lagoon

Chimpanzees put on a screaming act, on they moved around pretty quick, hard to get a good shot

crocodiles not so active they didn't move at all

              do you know which is saltwater and which is fresh water?

Emu park on Capricorn coast

Emu park main street

Emu park on Capricorn coast

Singing sails, the breeze flowing through the pipes make them sing.....I tried to join in but couldn't keep in tune

 

Causeway Lake on Capricorn coast

Yeppoon very popular and busy on Capricorn coast

afternoon tea with the residents...

.....at the South Sea Islanders Historical Cemetary Joskeleigh

Back home at Kepple Sands caravan Park after a hard day out...here for 3 days whilst exploring Capricorn coast

we had beautiful fresh pineapples every day thanks to a pineapple picker who lives in this park.

leaving tomorrow 24/07/16 to Mackay for a 3 day stay there.