Blogs from Emu Park, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

We had never heard of Emu Park as a destination for our next stay with Karina and family. Booking the AirBnB house on the beach near to Yeppoon (close to Rockhampton, the city where Karina and family were flying out of) that could accommodate seven people in the Yeppoon Region, was a challenge, however, we all loved Emu Park and our stay house. Emu Park has a modern town centre, with an IGA Supermarket, three bakeries and other retail shops and eateries. The foreshore has a great walk, with an ANZAC focus including commemorative plaques, plus a Singing Ship. What is a Singing Ship you ask? It is a metal structure in the shape of a sail located on the headland, with organ pipes suspended on cables, which catch the onshore wind and hum different notes. ... read more

Today was all about me (Louise). We went to check out the boat cruises to Keppel island but decided against it as it was an all day affair and we didn't feel like hanging around at the island waiting for a ferry to come back. So we went into Rockhampton to the railway museum which was very well set up and interesting. We went and had a look at the Great Western Pub. It is huge! It has a bull ring inside the pub where they hold practice bull rides (real ones). Unfortunately there were no rides on while we were there. We woud say there is seating for about 800 proplr inside. We then went to the Leagues club for lunch. We went for a walk along the river to look at the heritage buildings ... read more

Hi there, So since I last blogged, we have been quite busy. We arrived in 1770 and were literally jumped on as we got off the bus by these crazy people dressed as bananas. I wondered to myself how much money one would have to be on to do such a mad thing! They ofcourse wanted to entice us to stay at their "wild bananas" hostel. However we were booked into the backpackers and Tim, a man in his 60's was there to collect us. He explained in the spin back to the hostel that he doesn't "act like a flaming gala or run around looking for folks to stay" in his place. Oh this was gonna be an experience. I could just feel it. We arrived, checked in and went into our room. It was ... read more

Sorry it's been a long time! After Airlie Beach and sailing the Whitsundays, we headed for a place called Emu Park. Our hostel was also a hotel and had some apartments, which were lovely. However, we were in our first dorm room! The room large and had three sections, separated by curtains; a boys section, a girls section and a mixed section. Anton and I were put at the back in the mixed section but had to walk through either the boys room or the girls room; I chose the boys and Anton chose the girls!! We were lucky as no-one else was put in our section, so we had the space to ourselves and I think Anton enjoyed having a bed to himself! We only had two nights at Emu Park and used the time ... read more

Hi all! Sorry we haven't been in contact with you lately. WE'VE LANDED JOBS!!!! Finally! We both got a job at the Emu beach resort and backpackers! we help clean the communal facilities in the mornings and the rooms. Byron will start doing some odd jobs around the place like driving the grey hound bus that they are associated with and whatever else they need a hand with. i am just doing a couple of hours a day there working for my accommodation ... we are given a room the size of a double bed and that's about it (except this week they have us in one of the resort rooms with its own bathroom and a king size bed, its pretty fancy pants). And then i got a job a Keppel Bay Marine and it ... read more