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Published: August 6th 2007
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1770 was next on the hit list and so after packing up and moving on from our Fraser adventure, me and the girls were thinking that some downtime was called for in 1770. Turns out it's actually quite a little fun packed place and looking back we really should have booked to stay here a bit longer...
The Town Of 1770 is a picturesque seaside village surrounded on three sides by the Coral Sea and Bustard Bay. Historic as the second landing site of Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour in May 1770, the area is rich in wildlife and natural beauty and offers scenic vistas in every direction. It's a very non-commercial town with a very small, if not non-existant crime rate which was nice to know upon our arrival at Cool Bananas hostel. The doors of the dorms are never locked and there is a constant bohemian, chilled out feel to the place (I still locked up my stuff, it's the Belfast in me!) We arrived pretty late and got the grand tour before hitting the sack. It's such a cool place to stay. The hostel back garden/patio area is like a little hippyland complete
with colourful hammocks, thai elephant decorations, paper lanterns, colourful clog flower pots, a bamboo water feature, oversized comfy couches indoor and outdoors, palm trees, wooden benches and large sun umbrellas. Its' the perfect chill out landscape with funky music playing all the time.
Next day the adventures began. we signed up for a bush walk and clay treatment with Scottie "Mulder" the bush man (he has the most amazing conspiracy theories! google: chem trail apparently!) So anyway myself, Linz, Sus and Gus the cool bananas dog set off on our bush walk and learned loads about what the aboriginal people did to survive in the bush; about what they ate and the tools they used among the bush growth. We even tried some bush tucker- not bad! It was an experience following various trails through the bush and learing about the local wildlife including the orb spiders, iguanas, ants, bush turkeys, crabs (Linz actually got one put her head! a crab that is...jee I could have explained that so differently!) and the list goes on...
After fighting through the bush wearing flip flops (or as the Aussies call them "thongs") and having various bushes and trees tearing me to shreds
we finally made it to the rocks edge over looking the beautiful beaches of 1770/Agnes Water. We ventured across the main two beaches Chinamans Beach and Workmans Beach and had a swim in the rough waves which bashed us around to our amusement, at least until poor Sus scratched her foot on the rocks. Down on the beach we got the most awesome clay treatment concocted by Scott. We ended up looking like 3 tribeswomen I'm sure you'll agree. The clay really felt amazing. Australian Healing Clays are apparently active clays which are selected for their purity and strength mined in pristine Australian bushland and dried in the sun. They have powerful drawing and absorptive properties and are mean't to be the finest healing clays used worldwide. I felt like a new woman, it had to be said! After our pampering treatment, showers and a hearty meal we settled down with our fellow cool bananas residents and watched the movie 'the break up' (how bloody depressing!!!!)
Day 2 at 1770 was action packed. We took the morning orientaion tour and decided to sign up for a Scooterroo tour of Agnes Water and the town of 1770 which is basically were
you hire a chopper motorbike and race around with a pack of Scooteroos like you're a Hells Angel! (only much cooler of course!!) Who would have thought wee B riding a motorbike!!!
First we rode the quiet country roads where kangaroos and wallabies graze quietly. The next part of the tour included a look around Agnes Water township, with views of the sea from the urban streets and hills in town, before moving on to the Marina at Town of 1770. Leaving the Marina the expedition follows Round Hill Creek Estuary to the headland at 1770, passing the spot that lieutenant James Cook landed on 24th May 1770, his first landing in what is now Queensland Holiday Paradise. We then had a leisurely ride back to The Tree, a unique roadside bar on the 1770 Foreshore, where we rested with our chilli wedges and watched the beautiful sunset, which was spectacular from the rocks at the edge of the water across Bustard Bay, named by Captian James Cook after the Bustard Bird found in the Bay on his visit in May 1770, hence the now name of the Town of 1770! So anyway, I'm now offically a biker chick!!!
That
night we got the Greyhound to Rockhampton and settled into our hostel based in the heart of the city. Turned out we had booked into the red light district (again!) and it wasn't long before we were awoken by the sounds of some loud hookers shouting on the street!! Lovely!
Rockhampton is known for being the beef capital (with some meat heads too if you ask me! The guys are obssessed with honking their horns at you!!! The place reminded me of that show eery Indiana! weird!) so the next day after a spot of interneting and shopping, me and the girls headed out for a slap up meal to one of the famous steak restaurants (which I won't name!) The food was really great but the unexpected guest (a cockroach!) that joined us after our meal kind of ruined it for us... Rockhampton is pretty much a no no, and I won't be back!!!
Next stop- the big sailing adventure at the Whitsundays, yeay!
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Bronac
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Hey if you get to Melbourne or Brisbain, look up your McNeill family, on cassie42@optusnet.com.au. Cassie's Dad is Jim, son of Danny and Lilly. He lives in Brisbain. His Mum, Lilly still lives in Melbourne. Glad you are having so much fun. If you are coming back through London give me a shout or stay with me if you want. Lots of love Bronac