Blogs from Bargara, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

A great night sleep, I did have a run in with a bug! I sprayed it, then thought, I’ll collect it in the morning! I woke up to the alarm at 8:30. Well relaxed, and ready for the day. I pottered for a while, made a cup of tea, then sat on my porch. I sighted a few dragon beard lizards passing by! I went to collect my breakfast from reception. I had oats cereal, with apple, yoghurt and apple, then a cereal bar. Not what I would usually eat, but I do tend to just eat, and enjoy what I am presented with. It’s a self catering place, so our guide, Johanna, brought our breakfast in! At about 9:30 Angelika came round for a cup of tea and a chat. We spent about an hour ... read more

Der nächste Halt war in Bundaberg geplant. Genauer in Bargara, das bekannt ist für den Mon Repos Schildkrötenstrand. In dieser Gegend hat es sehr viele Meeresschildkröten, die nach Mon Repos und die naheliegenden Strände zurückkehren um zu Nisten. Ab Januar kann dann das Schlüpfen der kleinen Schildkröten beobachtet werden.Aber auch Zuckerrohr wird in Bundaberg viel angebaut, weshalb der Bundaberg Rum bis über die Staatsgrenze hinweg bekannt ist. Probiert haben wir das Gebräu noch nicht, dafür sind die lokalen Biersorten viel zu gut.Nun, irgendwie scheinen wir mit der hiesigen Tierwelt nicht soviel Glück zu haben. Eigentlich wollten wir die Schildkröten auf einer nächtlichen Tour beim Nisten beobachten. Da diese aber geschützt sind, braucht man dafür Tickets und während der Weihnachtsferien spontan solche zu kaufen war nicht möglich. Hunderte vor uns hatten wohl dieselbe Idee. So mac... read more

Well, it took only 5 hours to get here, no fights no traffic worries, then another 1/2 hour to set up tent and off to the golf club for dinner. Food was great, of course Kazza had the steak which was pretty good. The total meal cost was only $40 for four, and the wine bill .....$90... read more

Today, 25th November was a special day for a few reasons - our niece Anna in Tewkesbury had a very special birthday – she was 40 today. We hope you had a very enjoyable birthday Anna especially in the knowledge that “life begins” today for you! Also, happy birthday to our good friend, Gill from Worton in Wiltshire. No doubt she will be celebrating in some exotic location with hubby Keith as they live up to their surname – Holiday! Lastly, this blog is our 50th – it’s amazing we have managed that many already! For the first time we have done two separate blogs relating to just one day and this is why: If you read our last blog you will know that we chose to stay at Bargara near Bundaberg for a specific reason. ... read more

MON REPOS TURTLE ROCKERY We drove up to Mon Repos Turtle Rockery from Brisbane for the weekend to see the Baby turtles hatching and making there way to the ocean. When we arrived at Mon Repos we were unable to see the turtles the first night as the team of people whom look after the nests only take a small amount of people out every evening to see the turtles hatch and this was fully booked. so we went to bed early and then we got up early the following morning to go down to the beach to see if we couls see any signs of the babies from the night before. we did find the remainder of an egg and say the trails that the babie turtles had made to get to the ocean. We ... read more