Blogs from Tannum Sands, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

" Life is short and the World is wide" Tannum Sands? Where the hell is that would be a very good question. Again, I would hazard a guess that many Aussies have never heard of the place. Before finding this dot on the map, however, we had to thread our way back to the A1 and in the process pass through Rockhamptonor “Rocky” to the locals. With a population of about 67,000 people, it is best known for its beef industry with an estimated 2.5 million cattle strutting their stuff around the local countryside. It straddles the Tropic of Capricorn and to cool things off during their scorching summers, Yeppoon is just down the road. An impressive campus for the Central Queensland University is visible from the A1 as was a magnificent botanic gardens oasis ... read more

We enjoyed our time in Bundaberg - it's a big, spread out city with very nice substantial Victorian buildings in it's main street. We drove out to the beach to Elliott Heads, where the river runs into the sea. This time there were a lot of rocks visible, no doubt as a result of the heavy rain they had this year and fast running rivers washing away a lot of the lovely white sand. Still, we've seen it happen to other beaches over the years and the sand does come back and make it beautiful again. The soil around Bundaberg looks very rich and volcanic and a lot is grown there - sugar cane, tomatos, avacados, sweet potato, corn, strawberries, etc. It's popular with backpackers who make extra money picking, we saw a lot of activity ... read more