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Mackay Slideshow
Mackay
Travel Blogs from Mackay, Australia
road trip day twenty two - a well deserved break
I wrote up todays in yesterdays really - Im tired ...
On the road again, just can't wait to get on the..
... We made good progress today and arrived in a nice hostel called Gecko's rest. We like Geckos so we knew it was a good sign. Mackay really chilled and clean town, had a great mexican while we researched what to do next. Got up early in morning to take ...
Eungella National Park
Friday Rather than staying in Airlie Beach - we went to Eungella National Park which has the oldest and longest stretch of subtropical rainforest in Oz and has been cut off from other rainforest areas for thousands of years. The drive to it was ...
The start of the Road Trip...
After a week of climbing I flew up to Mackay in Queensland to begin the almost month long road trip of Australia with one of my co-workers, Lisa, her boyfriend, Greg, and another OEG staff from New South Wales George, she is originally from England. ...
Mackay
Well, what a red necked feral town this turned out to be. A little harsh perhaps but the locals were weird. Nice beaches around town and good shopping centres out of the CBD but very dissapointing. The only highlights were the YHA hostel and guests ...
Valentines Day in Australia
... there is not all that much nice scenery/historical places of interest/activities along our route so we simply drive on. We arrive at Mackay before 6pm and grab some food. We're all tired from the drive and some of us are just a little hot from ...
Mackay - going south
We are going south and we are now in Mackay (capital of cane sugar, so it seems). Today we went to a beautiful animal sanctuary and finally seen some of the local wildlife free to roam around. tomorrow we will go to Eungella national park for some serious ...
Art Deco in Mackay
... here where we will spend the weekend. We have already seen a huge billboard which read ‘Impecca-Bull Rockhampton Beef Centre of Australia and Tourism Award for 2009.’ So we imagine a great big juicy steak will be on our menu sometime over the ...
Dislodged
Grettings from Mackay! I finally hauled myself out of the good life in Freshwater! I ended up in Mackay through the blessing of airline points. I had some Asia Miles expiring on June 30 and they were enough to get me part-way across Oz for free. ...
Fraser Island
... in all we all had a blast and i'd definetly do it again and recommend you guys back at home to do it if you come to Australia,its a must see! Whitsundays.- We left Hervey bay on the 28th of feb i think at 8am in the morning to make our way north on ...
Relaxing days in Mackay
After an overnight bus ride from Bundaberg we arrived in Mackay for some R&R. We haven't really stopped in the 2 months we have been here so we scheduled this stop for that. We found a great family run hostel that felt like a home and enjoyed cooking ...
The Trip North continued
Our trip north went through Mackay, and on the way we stopped by the Koorana Cocodile Farm! The crocs were huge and looked pretty mean... wouldn't want to run into one of those in the ...
Emmas new flat!
... most of the afternoon (whilst drinking of course) then we made some dinner and started getting ready to go out! We had such a great time, Mackay isn't exactly a great place but i think we made a good night of it - it was good enough for me and stace not ...
Chinese and Tim Tams
... an hour before starting the drive again. It was a busy Saturday and the lagoon was full but still relaxing. I started the drive back to Mackay and me and Chris switched at almost the exact place we had turned around so I told him it’s almost like it ...
Full Sail
Sailing a full on racing yacht round beautiful islands. Stopping off at the white sands of Whitehaven beach, and drinking the goon by night. Goon - aboridgine word for pillow. Boxes of wine (4 litres for four pounds) that are frequently drunk by ...
Mackay
... Beach Resort: 2 nights @ $31 per night Food Shopping: $38 Sunday, 9th September, 2007 (written by Suzanne) Mackay We made some pit stops this morning, first gas for the car, then BFC which is like Anaconda or Rays ...
6.00pm - Friday The 13th
... my battery was low. Because I was using the other, non-waterproof one for most of this trip, until I dropped and broke it in Australia Zoo whilst in the grip of a manic echidna-induced fever, I hadn't charged my waterproof once since I left the UK. Arse. ...
Family, friends, doctors, financial advisors, etc
We are on our way back to Perth, via Brisbane, after having spent 3 weeks in Mackay, doing the rounds of the doctors, pathology labs, optomerists, dentists, etc. Getting the normal medical checks done on the road can be anywhere from easy to ...
9.26pm - Road To Nowhere
Thursday 12 March, 9.26pm, Gecko's Rest So if you've ever seen Australia on a map, you may notice it is a fairly sizeable land mass. And if you've ever read any Bill Bryson, you may be aware that when they find a name they like, they stick to ...
Visiting more locals
... journey to Melanie's sons house in Mackay further north along the coast. We arrived mid afternoon into the REAL Australia... finally! Nick’s house was what I anticipated Australia to be like when we first arrived, however I was disappointed ...
Ein Tipp der sich lohnt
... die Vorräte (inkl. Bargeld) aufgestockt werden. Allzu weit geht die Reise heute nicht mehr, zwischen Airlie Beach und Mackay ist der Cape Hillsborough Nationalpark, welcher uns von Patrick Lörtscher empfohlen worden ist. Auf dem Weg dorthin kommen uns ...
Mackay and the Eungella National Park
Another short (2hr) bus journey south brings our pair to Mackay. This is a town of some size but of little particular note or interest for our travellers. It is merely a convenient place to bed down for the night before they pick up a hire car and take a ...
Kangaroos!
Not much happened today I'm afraid. We went back to the beach at Cape Hillsborough this morning to look for kangaroos but they were all hiding or sleeping. We did get to see some cool crabs though who had blue coloured backs and when you go near them ...
Rain, rain, rain
Kurz nach sechs Uhr zieht es Regula an den Strand um die Kängurus zu sehen. Leider halten sich Wildtiere selten an Termine und so verpassen wir es eines zu sehen. Wir finden nur noch Spuren im Sand als Beweis, dass die Kängurus da waren. Schade. Nach ...
WOW!
vergesst mogli und das dschungelbuch... wir haben haliday bay gefunden!!!!! auf unserer suche nach dem naechsten caravanpark sind wir durch zufall in das verschlafene nest haliday gekommen (meuselbach ist die reinste metropole dagegen). an der ...
Finding a campsite in the dark
... hours until we bedded down in Mackay after a classic husband and wife argument in efforts to follow our terrible tourist map. The next morning we were off with a hot cup of coffee and drove onto Rockhampton, dubbed the 'beef' capital of Australia. ...