Hi Everyone, Since the last blog entry we have had a day trip to Burrum Heads and been back to Geoff and Maries for a few days and had a days fishing at Barumba Dam (about an hour from Gympie) and although we only had one day there we thought it was a lovely spot and will definitely return. Unfortunately I forgot my camera that day so no pics from there. We caught up with Neville and Helen (our Weipa tour leaders) and had a lovely night at their place for dinner. Then it was back to River Heads to get [View Full Entry]

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For anyone still hanging in there we have a few more pics. After leaving Boondooma Lake with Geoff and Marie we headed to Inskip Point to have some time with Bruce and Jo. It is such a lovely place to camp You can have campfires, dogs and as much space as you need and all of this for just $10 a night and only a minutes walk from the beach. The weather was reasonable, although we did have a couple of days that were a bit windy and cool (I won't say cold, because most of you would probably laugh at [View Full Entry]

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Well folks we have just had a weeks fishing at Lake Boondooma which is about two hours north west of Gympie, and sadly have to report that we did not catch a single fish. Geoff and Marie caught three nice Bass in the week that we were there but we came up with absolutely nothing. We did, however, catch some redclaw which were very tasty. It was a very pleasant week though with a campfire every night and after the mist had cleared of a morning we had reasonable days. Geoff and Marie's neighbours, Skip and Marg, joined us for a [View Full Entry]

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Well folks I have finally found time to upload the promised pictures. We are now at our second home at River Heads and Ann and Bernie have left for Gove. We will spend a couple of days getting the red dust out of the boat and would like to do some fishing around Fraser. On the way home from Weipa we stopped at a caravan park in Mareeba and hosed off the truck, camper and boat but when we arrived here and took the cover off the boat there was red dust everywhere. Most of the photos are from the Atherton [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, Sorry for the length of time it has taken to get something on the blog but we have not had the coverage unitl now. I have included some pictures that probably tell their own story. We had 5 weeks at Weipa and left with a freezer full of fish. We caught a variety of fish including cod, bream, Queenfish, Jewfish, Grunter, Salmon, Tuskfish, Stripeys and Mother in Laws but no Barramundi. It was certainly a learning experience and we have thoroughly enjoyed it. The weather was certainly tropical with not much difference between day and night temperatures and the [View Full Entry]

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Hi All, Just thought we would let you all know that we are on the road again travelling north. We have had two nights at Johns cousin's in Maitland and are now just outside of Ballina at a roadside stop. Tomorrow we will go to Gympie to Uncle Geoff's. He will update us as to when we leave for Weipa and what we neeed to have on board. I am just testing my mobile broadband and it seems to be working OK so take care all and we will start posting some photos when we have something interesting to capture. Love [View Full Entry]

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Well here we are in sunny Canberra and having mixed feelings about being here. It has been lovely to catch up with some of our friends and family. Seems odd though not to be seeing Lisa so I will try and get in a flight to Melbourne to catch up with her and Nick. John has had hayfever since we've been home which he didn't have at all on our travels. We don't have many photos from the last leg of the trip as the weather was not that good. After leaving River Heads we spent two nights in Gympie and [View Full Entry]

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Well folks our tenancy is just about up and we will be leaving River Heads on Saturday. Ann and Bernie arrive home tomorrow so we will hand over the house (whilst sharing a champers of course) and head for Gympie on Saturday to say goodbye to Uncle Geoff and Marie. After that we will head to Buderim and stay a night with Bruce and Jo. Our plan is to stop for a while at Yamba and then keep heading south. We are assuming that the weather is warm enough in Canberra now. We spent another week at Inskip Point but only [View Full Entry]

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Well once again we have arrived back at our base of River Heads. It has certainly been a godsend having Ann and Bernie's house to return to while we wash,repack and restock for the next trip. John can actually get a few good nights sleep and of course watch his precious TV with proper reception. We spent a week with Cheryl and Jeff in Mackay, although Jeff was working for most of the time. It was wonderful to catch up with them again as we hadn't seen them for about seven years. We helped Cheryl do some gardening and landscaping while [View Full Entry]

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Relaxed at River Heads for a couple of days then went to Maryborough to a Liesure/Camping show. Whilst at Maryborough we had a look at the old port area and the old buildings and museums. Maryborough is about 30 kms from the coast on the Mary River and was a major port in the 1800's. In the 1860 era there were only two ports which processed immigrants (legally anyway), being Sydney and Maryborough, so a lot of early Australian history in the Maryborough area. For the book reader, Maryborough was also the birthplace of the author of Mary Poppins, a statue [View Full Entry]

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