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Mackay Slideshow
Mackay
Travel Blogs from Mackay, Australia
Mackay
... , where Brendan watched the sugarcane train and trucks being tested before the start of the cutting season in a few weeks. Arrived at Mackay for lunch, then Mandy and Brendan went shopping while I cleaned and checked the van, and did some work. After tea ...
Bandicoots!
After another long day on the road, trying desperately to get north, we thought we would camp at Cape Hillsborough National Park, but sadly there was no room at the inn so we camped in the very cramped caravan park just nearby. After only just fitting ...
Mackay
Hi larger than we thought, still lots of sugar cane, very spread out, bit disapointed it rain so we didnt get to see a lot of the places,we had a great spot on the beach front but it never stopped raining, john did a bit of fishing but never got ...
Mackay, Bloody bigger than we thought.
... to stock up the cupboards and quick look at the shops. Got a call from one of Stewies oldest mates(The Whale) who lives in Mackay now. Rod and his partner Mandy, come around after they finish work for a couple of drinks and a chat, we ...
Eungella National Park
... , in between telling us where to put the recycling, and letting us in on what he thinks of the latest urban developments along the side of the mangrove in nearby Mackay: " I told them it was gonna flood if they built there and it did so, two weeks ...
Where is the leck?
Das nächste Etappenziel wird auf Airlie Beach festgelegt, ein touristisch angehauchtes Örtchen nördlich von Mackay, von dem aus Touren auf die Whitsundays starten. Außerdem soll hier das Nachtleben nicht zu kurz kommen und so freuen wir uns auf ...
More of the Roos!
We arrived in Cape Hillsborough within good time to find ourselves on a spare site, technically isn't normally a camping spot, but it did mean we got the spot very, very cheap! Once we’d settled in we decided to walk to one of the lookouts close by ...
Test blog 1
Time has flown and it is less than 2 weeks until we leave. This is a test post to see how this blogging works. My plan is to write with the idea of turning the blog into a holiday book. If it bores you don't worry just stop reading and send me a quick ...
Meeting Beach Kangaroos at Cape Hillsborough
Hitching with Rugby Stars & Locals From Conway National Park, we caught the bus back to Airlie Beach, where I jumped off to collect some photos that I'd printed off to send home. Dasha stayed on the bus through to the shopping complex just ...
Mackay's Faulty Towers
... broke the news to us that there was no booking for us and they were fully booked. The same as all the other hostels in Mackay. It looked like we would be spending the night on the streets of Mackay and if you've seen Mackay you would understand that its ...
Cyclone!!!!!!!!
Today we woke to a gloomy day with rain predicted all day and night as the southern part of the cyclone hit us. We were in a rain depression and all of sarina had no power for the morning. We had power the whole night cause they set up a generator to ...
Mackay
... 't believe it, two caravans down from us were a family we spent time with in Darwin, and of course they remembered Jacob. Mackay is growing quite rapidly as the urban sprawl devours the cane fields, but you can’t help thinking about the next storm ...
Getting Prepared
So i'm trying to put the final touches onto my holiday... Well.. Not really final touches more so working out how to get to each place so i'm not wasting heaps of time on travel. I'm well an truly starting to get confused with how to get to places but ...
rainbows, dingos, last surf
Rainbow beach, named after the multicoloured sands on the cliffs, is a beautiful beach reminding us of the west coast as not over-run or over-complicated like some other eastern beaches. Dean went surfing and Liz for a swim before retiring to Pippi's for ...
Whitsunday Islands
... being returned to Airlie Beach. We couldn't afford to stay at our gorgeous B&B another night, plus we had places to go and things to see! So we hit the road again but didn't make it too far before tiring out and settling in Mackay for the ...
Beach camping with crocodiles
We diverted on the way to Arlie to head to a small coastal national park - Cape Hillsborough. Great spot with good camping on the dunes. We shared a campsite with Robert - who was living off the sea there and had been there for a while. Robert gave ...
Turtles, Dolphins and Kangaroos :)
... very busy. I'd had my heart on staying at Cape Hillsborough (for obvious reasons!) from the outset and it was only 1 hour from Mackay so we headed there. First we tried the National Park but it was booked up so we went to a proper campsite there called ...
Marlborough to Mackay
... when she and Pas had started with just her wedding ring. Then Sally said that the only people who wanted to take their money away were the rich because they had it first. At which point, I went away. For the most part, I've been enjoying ...
Getting organised
Hi ya all. Just getting myself organised for the trip to Turkey by trying to sort out how to set up a tavel blog. Hopfully it will make for some interesting reading along the way as well as a personel record of our trip. Only 3 and a bit ...
Eungella National Park
Bergfest! Hoho, da gibs für jeden ein Ei zum Frühstück. Wir fahren zum Eungella Nationalpark. Auf einer kurvenreichen Bergstraße quälen sich unsere Camper bei bis zum 12 % Steigerung hinauf in das „Land in den Wolken". Bei strahlendem ...
Man vs Wild
... the first or the last to be stuck. This area is relatively remote, a liitle rugged, windswept and another variation of Australia's amazing coastline. As we packed up to leave the next morning, we were approached by an outdoor survival instructor. ...
Hurry Hurry Hurry
... get out to Jules' place to pick up Rocky, back to the main road to pick up Bear and Molly, then down to just South of Mackay to the dog kennels (strictly before 1100 only), then back to the airport for Kate's 1220 flight! First step was to have the cab ...
Finishing up at work...
Well I haven't even left yet and mytrip is off to a great start. My colleagues at work chucked me a leaving do. I got some interesting 'Aussie' presents, and we all sat down to some great Aussie meat pies...and an Indian curry. I had a ...
F***king frogs!
... so we left. More driving through miles of dried grass land, dried up creeks and remains of trees from bush fires, until our arrival at Mackay. We had spent two days driving the hippie so we needed to get out for the night. We hit the local cinema to see ...
Kick it one time boyeeee
Next stop was Mackey - we gave Addi a lift down the road and stopped for a picnic and dip in the sea. Good laughs had aboput slaying him and stealing his stuff. Arrived at hostel and met up with Jake n John again - they had been washing walls to pay ...
