We set up camp and went to get details regarding the theme parks etc. Thursday was washing day, with 2 full loads of washing while the kids did some schoolwork. Relaxed, went to the shop for a street directory, theme park tickets and groceries. Had an appointment on Friday, lunch at the park and met with a friend for coffee in the afternoon. The kids were up early Saturday morning for Dreamworld and White Water World. 5.30am Alex woke, but waited until 6am to wake us. We had a countdown to when we could leave. It was quite amusing to watch [View Full Entry]

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We made sure we were up early to catch the sunrise this morning. It was beautiful and we took many photos at each stage. The beach is so calm early in the morning, especially near high tide. The hire cars aren’t allowed on the beach 2hrs either side of high tide. This morning high tide was supposed to be 10.50am, obviously people weren’t up and about before 9am - except for a few fishermen to travel along the beach, so we had it mainly to ourselves. Alex asked for the shovel to dig and Rod ended up digging his own hole, [View Full Entry]

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Got up early to see the sunrise over the ocean. Eventually the kids got up and we went for a walk along the beach before many cars were about. Back to camp and the kids were digging holes in the sand bank and got Rod to stand on top and laughed as the bank collapsed from under him. Rod and I sat on chair to watch the passing parade while the kids ran in and out of the waves. Kate got changed into her bathers and pretty soon Alex stripped off his shirt, laughing and jumping the waves. Next they were [View Full Entry]

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Got up, had breakfast and headed down to check out what campsite we would move to. Our original site is available, so we left a chair to hold the site and headed back to Central Station to pack up and move the camper. There is usually someone stuck on a track all the time, and this time was no different. Luckily we had followed a group of 3 travelling from NSW who were also going to beach camp and as they had no trailer, pulled the car out. Continued on and parked the camper. All was good until as I went [View Full Entry]

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Drove to beach & checked emails at Eurong. Up past Eli Creek to Woralie Road to see Knifeblade Sandblow lookout then on to Lake Allom. We walked around the lake and then stopped at the steps to see the turtles. When Rod & I were on Fraser 15 years ago we only saw a few turtles. There must have been 40 or 50 that we could see. The kids tried standing in the water to see if they would come up to them, but the turtles were too scared of them and stayed about 1m away. We had a ball there, [View Full Entry]

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Left camp and headed for Eurong and saw a big yellow tractor (the Caterpillar brand) on the road. When there was a pull-off at the side of the road he let us get past him. Along the beach and checked out the campsite at One Tree Rocks - still empty. We just can’t give up the toilets and showers yet! Along further to Cornwells Break Road and came across a stuck Suzuki on the track. The French guys we rescued the other day were helping to dig them out. Matthew & Victor are their names. They are both unit students, one [View Full Entry]

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Drove into the back of Eurong and out to the beach. The entrance has a grid with electrified wires running over them and is a pedestrian gate to allow people to walk through, but keeps the dingoes out. A lot of campgrounds have these or gates which have to be closed to keep them dingo proof. The signs are everywhere to remind campers to clean up their campsites or be fined. They hand out recycling bags and there are dump sites for rubbish and recyclables (fenced off) at various sites around the island. We had another look for a beach campsite. [View Full Entry]

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Did the Southern Lakes scenic drive and stopped to look at Lake Birrabeen and Boomanjin. A Nissan had pulled to the side of the track to let someone past and slid off into the scrub. A 4WD hire car, full of backpackers had stopped to try to assist him when we turned up. Not having much luck. Rod said we could winch him out if they couldn’t “snatch” him out. They kept on trying and Rod stood back and watched. Finally I got him talking and he said there were too many cooks for him to interfere. I explained to the [View Full Entry]

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Tried to do the walk at Water Creek Park before leaving, but we were mobbed by mozzies going from the carpark across the grass, so gave up. Looked around Yeppoon on the way out to Rockhampton and drove down and into Gladstone. Not much to see in Gladstone, except the coal loading facilities at the wharf and the alumina smelters. Drove out to Agnes Waters and the Town of 1770 - very nice views with a caravan park right on the beach at 1770. Continued on to Deepwater National Park, it is right on the ocean. One camp (Wreck Rock) had [View Full Entry]

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Rod and the kids had a swim in the heated pool at Proserpine, right next to the caravan park, while I uploaded the travelblogs and recharged the computer at the camp kitchen. Drove out to Dingo Beach, a little secluded beach town with its own stinger net for swimming in the summer. On the way to Airlie Beach, we drove through Cannonvale, well it is positively huge compared to Proserpine. It has 2 shopping complexes and it’s own industrial area, as well as a beach. At Airlie Beach we found a park for the car and camper (no easy feat) and [View Full Entry]

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