Having loitered in the Whitsundays, we had a bit of travelling to make up, so have done about 800km in the last 3 days, but have stopped at lots of places on the way...
First stop after the Whitsundays was MacKay (pronounced Mack-eye). This day we drove out into the Eungella National Park, and drove the poor campervan up the steepest and twisty-est road ever! It was mainly done in first gear, and took forever... All the other vehicles were 4x4s, so potentially it was a little stupid for us to go up in a camper.
The view from the top was worth it though...
After this we went further into the National Park to river called Broken Creek where there are lots of wild turtles and platypi. Saw lots of turtles, including a baby one! We spent a while trying to spot a platypus, but we think they were having a midday nap.
The day after we had breakfast and coffee on the marina in Mackay, then drove down to Rockhampton ("Rocky").
The campsite in Rocky had a resident possum who came over and inspected out barbeque after we had gone to bed.
Monday was mainly spent driving 350km down to Hervey Bay..... we stopped a few times at some very remote places - I had to pee in a roadside shack, which was terrifying and doubtless spider filled. I made Layth wait right by the door in case a spider came to get me!
We also stopped at some lovely very remote beaches... the sea is beautiful green and the beaches are fringed with palms.
Today we are having a reading-books sort of day, then tomorrow we are going to Fraser Island - will post again after that...
xxxxx Sarah and Layth xxxxx
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