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Travel Blogs from Mackay, Australia
Cape Hillsborough
Nach der vielen Fahrerei und dem schlechten Wetter ging es wieder in einen National Park. Leider konnten wir den Eungella National Park nicht besuchen, weil die Zufahrtsstrassen gesperrt oder mit unserem Camper nicht passierbar waren. Glücklicherweise ...
MacKay
Dag 18 : 27/03/2006 Vandaag zijn we van Eungella doorgereden naar Mackay. Een mooi tochtje door de talloze, kilometers lange suikerrietvelden van Queensland. We hadden daar weer een prima hotelletje in de Mackay Marina. Ik moet toch zeggen dat de ...
Frustrating times
... we felt that we hadn't achieved anything in the last few days, and that we were literally just wasting time. Why be in Australia if you don’t do anything or experience anything? So we then decided that we would go inland to Eungella National Park, ...
Pre Solomons
I'd like to think that I had a relaxing weekend before embarking on my travels, and the pictures taken on Sabbath may indicate this however, I did manage to fill a skip with building rubbish and paint part of the back verandah before doing the big pack ...
Cape Hillsborough
We headed north for about an hour and entered Cape Hillsborough National Park. We camped at a beachfront spot that had only 10 big separate sites. So much nicer than a campground. It was truly a beautiful place! Kimba and Molly became besties with an old ...
We are now heading North
... area. We went into the town for fuel but were not encouraged to stop even if it was the town that was used for filming "Australia"! The weather picked up after lunch and we finally had some blue skies. We drove into Home Hill with a view to stopping but ...
Misty mountains and monotremes
We reached Mackay, Australia’s “capital of sugar“, in the early afternoon. It was just a 2 hour bus trip through undulating wooded countryside and, of course, lots of fields of sugar cane. The previous evening’s ...
Mackay
The next stop was Mackay. Its another big town, but not as nice as Townsville. We went for a drive around the town, beach and Marina. Don't think I'll go back to Mackay again...nothing ...
Bucasia....North of Mackay....rain...rain...rain
... out side our van at all as the wet weather encouraged the mosquito's to breed! We did a few day trips into Mackay and spent an afternoon in the water lagoon. We visited Cape Hillsborough National Park where we had lunch with the Kookaburras ...
Dobbs' in Mackay
On our way into Mackay I phoned a school friend of Moo Moo's and Aunty Jill's and she very kindly offered us to stay. I'd only met Dobbs a few times, remembering her to be a really fun and beautiful person. Her place is on top of a cliff overlooking the ...
Oasis Trip Reunion
... house as Troy was due to get back from work around 4.30pm. He is an engineer and is working on a wharf extension at Mackay for a coal company. I had been chatting to him about it before and he admitted that Mackay wasnt the greatest place in the world ...
Wet Wet Wet
Cape Hillsborough Cape Hillsborough was a bit of a detour but a lovely drive through winding forested terrain. There were wallabies scrambling about everywhere and everything was so green and lush. The campsite was a in a well shaded area with ...
Oh wow!!
Lady Musgrave Island THIS is what we came to do!! Gary is now in the process of fulfilling his lifetime dream of snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. We have been saving for this from year one of our marriage, almost 30 years! I must admit, that back ...
Mackay after about 8 hours
We landing in Mackay at about 4 or 5 o'clock I can't remember but I have never been this far north on mainland Australia. It was pretty good loved the warm, humid weather. We weren't actually in Mackay but, we were actually in sarina a little community ...
Small town Australia
... This is not a tourist place, locals just go about everyday life, so it is very relaxing to experience a day in the life of Australia away from all the tourist traps for once. The modern shopping mall at the edge of the town is a good refuge from ...
Eungella National Park
We drove down to Eungella National Park after having picked up the car. On the way we saw several sugar cane plantations and factories, it was good to see the countryside after being in the city and on an island. This was our first visit to a ...
Van journeys entry 1
Hi everyone, \We're way behind on map and pin entries now - it's the cost - Oz is like the UK. We've also been out a lot too :-). We've had the camper van for 2 weeks now (Ames calls it Norman?!) and all is going well. It's pretty comfy inside and we ...
Day #43: Fourth and final stop of the day...Mackay
... 50 a nite. We switched drivers because I didnt want to drive on the in town roads and we headed to Seaweed Caravan Park in Blacks Beach Mackay. Once we settled in we made dinner, Sara had soup and I had pasta for the third nite in a row. Sara hit me in ...
Beautiful tropical rain-soaked paradise
... the weather was an issue again, it rained every single day which really didn't help things- I wonder how many people have been to Australia and had it rain ten days in a row!? It was still a great week though, we just had to pretend we were in a cottage ...