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Nothing much to report today.  The road between Rockhampton and Sarina is quite boring and I remember my dad calling it the "horror stretch".  The road has improved slightly over the years, particularly when the road was moved slightly to the east.  It is a relief to the eyes to come across the ocean views at Clareview. As we were fuelling up at Yaamba we watched this fella walking along the highway.  I have no idea what his plan was but it's a hard way to see the world. It was, once again, a rainy day.  We have commented to each other that we have been under cloud cover almost the whole time we have been away.  One thing that is a relief though is that the temperature has warmed.  Gee we struck some cool weather. Wickicamps has been a lifesaver on this trip and has directed us to some places that we might have bypassed.  Today, for example, we found that there was a rest area at Sarina Beach that looked inviting even though it was still drizzling...

Well, it's a fact, we are resort lovers.  Sure, we also enjoy our camper and will get many years of faithful service from it because where we want to travel there are no resorts, but we are definitely lovers of the finer life. We slept in quite late and were woken by the sound of rain falling gently on the roof.  It was a very overcast day so we timed our departure from Fraser Island to perfection. A rainy day View from our resort room overlooking the lagoon We had a buffet breakfast in the resort dining room and after breakfast we packed the clothes we had taken from the camper back in the camper and made our way to the vehicular ferry ramp.  We had arrived in plenty of time so we decided to do a beach walk.  Unfortunately it was cut short by another shower of rain heading our way. The same girl that loaded us on to the ferry on the way over was also there to load us again and I'm happy to report that she was in a much better mood.  One might even say cheery! L...

We've had a very full and interesting day with decisions made and changed quite a few times.  Most of the decisions centred around the state of the roads we travelled. We started our day early to make sure that we drove the beach at low tide.  It was perfect timing and we had a great run along 75 mile Beach to Eurong.  We even watched a plane land on the beach in front of us. At Eurong we went looking for the QPWS office so that we could ask which road would be the best to get to Lake Mackenzie.  We made the decision yesterday to move camp to Central Camping Station as it was closer to our departing point the following day.  I had mobile reception at Eurong so I went online and made the booking.  We finally found the QPWS office only to find that it is no longer manned so our road decisions had to be our own.  Fortunately for us we made the right decision to travel the "one way" Eurong Road across to Central Station.  It was wide and well maintain...

Today we decided to do....... NOTHING!   Seriously, every day has been a busy day with lots of travel so it was a relief to sit back and do nothing.  Actually it was for the best as Philip has come down with some sort of "bug".  He had a very restless night last night and today all he wanted to do was sleep so our day was planned. I took the opportunity to catch up on a bit of washing and then sat back with the Weekend Australian and a nice bottle of Rose and that was my day.  It was pure bliss and I was in bed asleep by 7.00 pm.  Tomorrow was going to be an early start to hit the beach at low tide as we planned to go to Lake Mackenzie and perhaps move camp to Central Camping Station as we have realised that we won't be able to make the return ferry in time from our present camp.  Uhhhummmm.  Better planning next time. For lunch - Roast Pumpkin, Lemon Kale, Hommus, Pepittas and Pomegranate

The vehicular ferry to Fraser Island was for 12.30 pm so we rose fairly early to fill up our water tanks and fill the Engel freezer with bacon from the Tiaro Butcher that Marco and Suzie had pre-purchased for us.   Marco also gave us fresh vegetables from their garden and some sausages that they had made that very week.  How good is that! The Evergreen Heifers looked very inquisitively at us as we left.  Gee they look good!  Our first stop was at Maryborough to purchase a few things from Coles and then on to River Heads where the ferry was waiting for us.  The girl in charge of loading the cars was obviously having a bad day and was quite impatient with everyone but nevertheless we were all boarded and departed at the designated time. The 45 minute trip to Fraser was uneventful but we did pass a pod of dolphins that played along with the boat for quite awhile.  The photo I got was unimpressive so you will just have to imagine.  As we disembarked the fe...

We woke quite early again this morning.  Daylight in the south is around 5.00 am and we are not quite used to that as our daylight is around 6.00 am. My sister's day begins early as she heads over to the stables to feed and water the twenty odd horses.  My great niece, Bella, loves helping "Nanny". The name of the property that my sister and brother in law own is called "Sapling" and it is just 5 minutes from Beaudesert but very rural.  This area is renowned for its many horse racing properties.  I don't think there is a lot of money in horse racing these days but my sister and hubby just love the horses even though it is a lot of work. After a pancake and banana breakfast, cooked by my brother in law, we were back in the car and on our way to Toowoomba via Boonah, Laidley and Rosevale.   At Toowoomba we stopped at Mum's for a quick cup of tea and delicious, still warm, Banana Cake.  Mum was able to relate that John's 6 hour operation was successful ...