Sunday 5th April - Heading towards Rockhampton - wonderful journey on backroads including gravel roads and saw some awesome wildlife - Lace Monitor Lizard (1m long), 2 Emus, Wallabies, Turtle, Bush Turkeys, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Black Kites, Green Frog (in men’s loo!). On the way we did a detour and went to see Boolbonda Tunnel which was an old railway tunnel chiselled out of the rock in 1833-34 (similar to the one in NZ even with the swallows flying round the entrance). Just as we got there heard a great roaring sound which turned out to be a group of bikers coming through the tunnel on their Harleys. We travelled across high plateau to a tiny place called Dululu - only a village on a crossroads - and pulled off for the night in the Rest Area
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