Cape Hillsborough Nature Resort Mackay

... to finally get to the cinema and see New Moon with Linda. I wasnt sure what to expect after being SO disappointed with the Twilight movie but I absolutely LOVED New Moon and now I just want to see it again and again ... was it just our cinema or did all the females in the audience everywhere around the world breathe a sigh when Jacob took his shirt off ??!

Tuesday we headed up to Airlie and took our pre-booked trip to Daydream Island with the kids for a bit of ...

... was punctuated by not so boozy socialising and a smorgasbord of cuisine including Jo’s famous prawn fruit cocktail salad.






Recip e for 4 people

1 kg peeled cooked prawns (not too big)
1 can sliced peaches
1 can lychees
250 ml mayonnaise
1 avocado
1 tablespoon curry powder
Snow pea sprouts

Method
Drain peaches and lychees.
Cut prawns ...

... often art deco buildings that have been built since. We had a fascinating walk around these buildings guided by a useful leaflet which gave a lot of background about each of them. It was clear that Mackay was making significant efforts to recognise and value its heritage, although this has not always been the case.

There’s also a Big Banana outside an angling shop. No, I don’t see the connection either. We had planned ...

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We continued onto Mackay where we caught up with Karl and Kate and their two little kids. Karl is a friend from when Chris first started going away to sea, ie, a very long time ago. Lucy their two year old loved the kombi, to the point where she showed us exactly where her bed could be and she tucked her self in behind the back seat in the bed linen. The word cute doesn't justify it when a 2 year old thinks Kombi's are cute.....the ...

... that we had left our passports in his jacket pocket and was now too worried about taking it off! We were too tired and things just seemed so much worse than they should have been. Time to board having reduced to 4 pieces of hand luggage – we got through.

The plane trip wasn’t a long one to Mackay but ...

... combination. We stopped, savored, agreed, and moved onto Fitch Hatton. After being bad car renters, we drove on a unsealed, creek crossing road, we went on a mini hike (1.6km) to the Araluen Falls, then tried to continue on to the Wheel of Fire Falls, but unfortunately the river was too swollen and we couldn't make it across. Oh well. Next was the Eungella Park itself. Marie isn't a big fan of the walking tours so we did a ...

... hets geh, normalerwiis uebertribeds d aussies i ihrne nationalpaerks gern mit ihrne schilder. doch aendli hemers gschafft und d mueh het sich glohnt: mehreri schnabeltier sind frischfroehlich am umeplantsche xi. viel chliner als mir sie eus vorgstellt hend sinds und au einiges nervoeser. chum sinds ade oberflaechi uftaucht, sinds au scho wieder verschwunde. i dene "warteziite" het mer aber au herzigi schildkroetli choene beobachte ...

... emergency, we have a bag packed and ready to grab with all the essentials (e.g. laptop, passports, cameras, medicine, notebook with booking details, etc.). Ryan thinks I'm being paranoid, but rather be prepared than sorry. We can always buy clothes and toiletries again. The upside is that our room is the only room in the motel which is not completely flooded (yet). We also have enough food with us for breakfast and lunch. We still have electricity and might be able to ...