We did a 100km coastal tour route that took us to Yeppoon and the Great Keppel Marina. You know you are in Qld when the warning signs tell you not to get into the water at the Marina because of a Croc and not to wander thru the gardens cos of a venomous snake. The only wildlife we are seeing is either dead or nasty little bitey things coming out in the afternoon. The drive was nice but nothing special. We then headed to Sarina so that Ros and Tony could see their grandkids. We left them behind. Did a bit of a sightsee and then headed off to Mackay. Sarina has a huge coal loading port and we counted 23 ships sitting out in the harbor waiting to be bought in for loading. We had blown an inside bus tyre before Sarina and needed to be close to a tyre service first thing Monday morning. Mackay was our best bet. Got one, pretty much ripped off, but we had no choice. Had a nice rugged campspot out by a weir. NO free camping in Mackay but we got the inside word on this one.
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| A local visited us at our campspot. He is a hot rodder, motorhomer and earthmover. !!!!!!!!!! |
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| The weir |
The view from our campspot. There is nothing to see for 100s of kilometres except sugar cane farms no matter where you drive. It is pretty, rich green fields.
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| Sugar cane being cut, harvested and loaded |
Great Keppell Marina
The singing ship, a monument to Captain Cook
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