Hit the road again....

G'day mates,

Just between us; we miss that face peeping through the opening of the caravan door with a big smile on his face, saying; “goeie morrugu” (means good morning)!

Back to the reality;

On 6^th may we left our family, me in tears as usual, and we drove towards Brisbane. On the highway near the Sunshine Coast we stopped for a drink at the Ettamogah Pub.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettamogah_Pub

It was pouring from rain but eventually we ended up in the small town Pomona on a lovely showground. It was as good as a caravan park, unfortunately again I forgot to make some pictures because of the too late arrival and the early leave. But because I think it's worth staying there; here are the details;

http://www.caravancaravan.com.au/entity/pomona-showground-camping-area/qld

On our way I had bought some mandarins at Aldi’s, just a few minutes after that we passed several stalls with local citrus fruit, I can tell you that I was sorry that I bought at Aldi‘s  they were full of seeds.  Good lesson for next time; buy local.

Relaxed....(but still watching the Garmin Lady)

Cruising over the Burnett highway which sneaks through the paddocks a little inland, we’re heading slowly towards Rockhampton. Coming through little places like Kilkivan and Gayndah like the old days, we are enjoying this trip. Now, when you travel on the main highways, you go around places which of course is good when you are in a hurry.

Next stop; 7^th May; Monto; Nice spot, very quiet.

8^th May; Marlborough; due to all the signs, Marlborough (very challenging name for the one, in this case Danny, who’s smoking electric since arrival), seems to be a major town but coming there, it’s just a Motel/Pub, a few houses, a museum and a service station. We found a spot behind the motel for $ 5,- p/p which was ok. We had quite some rain during the night and got up early. We broke our record by leaving 7.30 in the morning because we wanted to come as far as Airlie Beach which is 380 k’s and that’s a lot for us towing a caravan.

On this road (Bruce highway) from Rockhampton to Mackay, there are several funny signs to keep you awake because besides a service station now and then (and Marlborough), there is nothing in between. But overall it’s a very nice road.

We have stopped in Airlie beach for 2 nights which was a welcome rest. We did a lot of walking as these last few days we have been sitting too much.

Airlie Beach has a beautifull boardwalk which you can take in front of the caravan park and walk to the centre;

One of the last storms hit Airlie Beach hard!

You can see that it’s no fun going into the water during several months but they found something to do about it;  a real beautiful artificial beach/swimming pool has been made on the border of the town and the beach.     

 

It’s all for free and you can even have a barbeque or picnic or what ever!!

Nice parks....

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lovely lunch

We also went out for dinner and had a ball at the Irish bar;

That's it for now folks, see you later!

Cheers.....