Ascot Hotel Backpackers Rockhampton

Arrived at Rockhampton last night so late that the owner had gone to bed and left me a note and a key (Ascot hotel). Snuck quitely into my dorm and went to sleep. Was woken up by a phone call at 4am which I stupidly answered, forgetting where I was and that i was probably annoying everyone in the dorm. Politely apologised and went into the kitchen to carry on my conversation. Today I went out on a cool wildlife trip with a guy called Capricorn Dave (obviously his name is Dave and we were trav...

Leaving the car with the mechanic (God I am so pleased to see the back of it!) we head off to a backpacker hostel. We discover there is a huge concert tonight - aha, our luck is changing! An Aussie band called Rogue Traders, are playing at a local venue. We decide we need the interlude of a good night out to take our minds of the impending doom of our car situation and head off not knowing what to expect - ahh but what a brilliant night! Excellent band, kind of an electronic rock band - reall...

At 11.10am I had to take the Greyhound bus from Airlie Beach to Rocky (Rockhampton). The Australians all shorten the names of the cities, I got used to it. The bus was 1 hour delayed so we didn't leave before 12.15am. I was so tired! This trip was really special, so was the bus driver! He got lost twice, didn't find the stations and had problems to drive the bus...every time he changed gears it sounded terrible. Some people thought to jump out in any place. So at the end we got to Rocky 2 hou...

We arrived in Rockhampton on Saturday
morning around 5:15 AM after a rather uncomfortable night sleep on
the Coach. Not longer after we had left magnetic Island ferry port,
then the uncontrollable crying of a baby began, and went on and on
and on!!! We thought it would never stop. Topping this off was the
bumpy road surface... have they not heard of a steam rollers over
here?! Luckily, there were a few free spaces on the bus so Dean and I<...

I travelled by bus from Bundaberg up to Rockhampton. Its a fairly good sized city, and the 'Beef Capital of Australia'. Lots of businesses have cattle symbols or use something like 'moo' or 'bull' in their names. We got in pretty late in the evening, and didnt have a place to stay yet. Luckily, there were a couple shuttles to hostels at the bus stop, and the Ascot Hotel had beds open. The lady that picked us up was maybe the friendliest person I've ever met. Two minutes after getting in the v...

We arrived in Rockhampton late on Saturday night only to find out that in Queensland, nothing opens on a Sunday. This includes supermarkets! We spent a week in Rockhampton at Ascot Backpackers, which is run by really friendly and helpful staff, even if the hostel itself isn't the best. Rockhampton or Rocky as it is affectionately known to the locals is the beef capital of Australia. Every day there are loads of trucks passing by loaded with cattle on the way to the slaughter house. It's best ...

Today I finally left Cool Bananas and 1770 (sad times). I said i would try hitching and nervously set off with a sign fashioned out of a coco pops box, in big black marker i wrote ROCKY and added a smiley face for good measure. several people stopped but mostly locals going just up the road 5 mins so i held out fir someone going to rocky and besides i was near the supermarket and bottle shop for when i got hungry and thirsty. after almost 2hrs a bloke who'd actually being staying at the hoste...

We had to get the 12.00 bus so slept on the bus until we got to Rockhampton at just gone 6am. we stayed in the service station until it was late enough to find our way to a hostel and when we could eventually check in we sorted our stuff out and got on the move. We planned to only stay here for a day because there's not uch to do n Rockhampton (another normal town). Rockhampton's famous for it's beef - its the beef capital of australia, lol - and it often holds rodeos for ppl to watch. me and...