Country Comfort Rockhampton

... br><br>The Rally started on Monday and we were parked and settled in to our site by 10.30. So much work goes into the organisation of the Rally, that even the parking of the motorhomes is done with great precision. We&#8217;ve been parked near one of the gates which gave us pretty easy access to go in and out of the rally area. There are only 880 motorhomes here (they did say there were 60 ...

... Rockhampton zoo which is within the botanical gardens and therefore a free activity. B.N will be happy to know we are keeping on the straight and narrow while he&#8217;s away. Although coffee, scones and pancakes afterwards at the gardens café did make the outing no freebie&#8211; at least we lasted 45mins!!!<br> There are many beautiful old Queenslanders Homes in Rocky, lovingly restored and maintained on the hill above the Botanical Gardens. I took my time ...

... wine we found it wasn't so bad!! We would say that we are pretty good campers now, we can get our patch quite homely within minutes of arriving in a site and can pack up almost as quickly. The only thing that slows us down is when Trudy has put away something safely and forgotten where that very safe place is - it is anybodies guess and its definitely not logical!! But hey ho its all good fun! <br>Up and out early most mornings - we drove on a few miles from the ...

... went. Panic. If I slipped, I would fall and fall and fall. Best case scenario would be broken legs. But nobody knew where I was, so best case scenario would probably quickly become worst case scenario. Panic. For the first time in my life, I actually shouted for help. I did this a few times, but nobody could hear me! I was barefoot, very hot, had little water, was halfway (ish) up a mountain and couldn't see anything but trees. I decided to go back down the mountain and ...

... the fuzzy fellow on film. I catch up to him just as he's starting to enter the bush, using his tripod as a deadly Australian snake finder. There I sit on the side of the road trying to see this Koala at the top of the tree, swating away bugs and trying not to get run over when I hear this Ned Flanderesque scream from the bush. Fearing that Ricardo has indeed found a snake, I hear him hollar out - it's all good...nothing to worry ...

... when we were listening to the radio!) Then at the hotel in the afternoon, another similar advert was aired, and a different one at the next advert break!! Never seen that in UK, let alone during the day!! Shocking! Love the road signs here though; there 's a long long long straight road that goes on forever down the East Coast, and there's a sign that says 'Survive this drive' !! Great stuff! Not even an exclamation, more of an order! Also signs for things ...

... in the zoo, and you walk through this big caged-in area and there are a bunch of Kangies just hopping around and hanging out. You can get little pellets to feed them if you'd like as well, which I did of course. I even got to kiss one right on top of his head. They're quite adorable animals. We got to pet some koalas, too. NOSSA HEADS: Noosa Heads is a beautiful beach city, and there's lots and lots of money there. There are lots of pelicans as well, sitting ...

... of crocodile soup and skewers of crocodile meat, which somewhat inevitably tasted much like chicken &#8211; as everything always does &#8211; although the texture was a little grittier. We all then went outside in the dark and got a taste of what it&#8217;s like to stand only metres away from these fine animal specimens, albeit with the safety of a wire fence separating us. This was our first chance to see crocodiles on the trip as we&#8217;d never managed to bump ...