Leap Hotel to The Boyne River. An early start with the temperature a damp 15 degrees.The ladies toilets open early this morning, however closed all night. We departed at 0815hrs. Odometer 96320. Our first stop was the Sarina. Sarina lies just inland of the east coast of Queensland, 34 kilometres, south of Mackay, and approximately 300 kilometres north of Rockhampton. The Bruce Highway passes through the town. Industries in Sarina include sugar cane growing and milling, cattle grazing and agriculture. It is a major supplier of ethanol through the CSR distillery attached to CSR's Plane Creek sugar mill. Approximately 15 kilometres north is the second largest export coal terminal in Australia and one of the biggest coal distribution terminals in the world, Hay Point. We visited the Sarina Sugar Shack. Next to the CSR Plain Creek
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