Best Western Cattle City Mtr Rockhampton

We spent a night in Mackay before heading inland to Eungella National Park, early enough to try to spot platypus. After driving up some very steep roads and through a cloud we were a bit disappointed that there were already so many cars in the car park (it was only 7 and we'd driven for over an hour!).<br><br>We took a short walk to the platypus hide, prepared to spend hours waiting ...

... a decent kip for once, and I definitely need it.<br><br>I'm gonna spend the next 3 days sitting by the pool reading books, swimming, cooking nice food (bought loads of veggies to make soup, some eggs and some bread earlier), chilling out and having some well deserved R&amp;R (same as I do every day then...ha!). I will eventually go on a sailing trip round the nearbye islands which is supposed to be incredible and rivals the whitsundays and whitehaven beach then hop on the ...

... beach town and chilled the out. I'm so glad tomorrow I go back to the beach town lifestyle it suits me better even though I don't like the beach (too much sand).<br> Hopefully emu beach offers what i'm looking for and if that doesn't keppel island does. <br> I really really this hostel it is the biggest tip in the world full of weird and annoying people, not travellers but crazy locals, fisherman and other assorted weirdos. <br><br>I'm a backpacker get me out of here!!!<br><br><br>

... but because it is surrounded by bright green fields. This is difficult to imagine at this time of year. I had considered staying here but it is another 45 kms to the gemfields and a campsite in Rubyvale had been recommended by someone I met in Rockhampton, so after a very brief stop at the information centre I pressed on to Rubyvale. This turned out to be a good decision as the little township together with it&#8217;s neighbour Saphire, is the centre of the fossicking ...

... br>We are both working hard to make as much money as possible so we don't have to do this again for a while. Donna has spoken to a friend who has been working on a recreational park up north and asked us to come and stay working there for a while. We might do that for a couple of weeks so we can put that on our resume of things we have done. But who might say we could buy the place and stay there for ever......lol. As you can see we are ready to move on and ...

... are willing to help you out. We found our caravan park with ease and is only 10km from town and has good acces by car. The caravan park is at Gracemere and is very tidy with lots of greenery (see pics). Our direct neighbours at the camp site are a very nice elderly couple(Heather and Kevin) from South Australia. After we told we were looking for work as nurses they came up ...

... to look out for platypus. they are the only mammals that lay eggs. We saw quite a few in the water, rolling over and diving. They looked really cute! We had a nice home cooked salad in the national park. we skipped Mc Kay as it was raining and drove to a little **** hole called Marlborough. At reception, we were given Easter eggs, so nice! <br><br>Marilyn is really impatient to meet Marine and Adrien's Lucien soon!!!

... beach paddling in the sea as it splashed in and out onto the beach. It felt so relaxing just walking in the sun with the warm sea splashing at your feet. We went to the convenience store and got supplies to make dinner as I was going to cook some pasta with a spicy red pepper sauce while Sam used the internet. We tag team quite well as she was happy to sort out the dishes and leave me to ...

... boomerang tossing in Cairns we could go nuts for as long as we wanted. I gave it a go, and supposedly was able to get the hang of it. It was hard to tell if you were able to get the whip to crack, but everyone on the tour would cheer when it happened, so I guess I was able to get it a few times. One of the unexpected highlights of the tour occurred next. Nick took us out past the farm to where it was dark for some stargazing. It was absolutely amazing. I thought I was ...