Childers to Rockhampton

June 11 to June 18

This week we didn’t travel too far, but took the opportunity to take our time to check out a number of towns we have often past by or just driven through. In Childers we visited the Palace Backpackers Memorial, a fitting tribute to a terrible fire. 

Fishing cheek to cheek, Woodgate. Apparently the whiting only
school on this sand bank.

We enjoyed a couple of days in Woodgate (a relaxing and accommodating hideaway), and a couple of days in and around Bundaberg and Bagara (and had a fridge thermostat problem solved).

Leah enjoying a sunny beach walk, Agnes Waters

We visited Agnes Waters on the way to Calliope, Tannum Sands and Gladstone. 

Cool sculpture at the beach, Tannum Sands

Unfortunately for Gladstone the majority of the construction has been completed for the LNG projects, and the town is very quiet. I had hoped to do a couple of tours of the port area, but they have ceased now the public relations exercises have finished.

Singing Sail, Emu Park. Steel tubes are drilled so the wind
can "sing" as it blows through. Can even be tuned!

We have spent a long weekend in Rockhampton and around the coast at Yeppoon and Emu Park. Yeppoon and Emu Park are a lot nicer than we remembered them from a visit some 25 years ago.

Calliope River Rest Area.

We found a few very good overnight free camps at Boyne River and Calliope River, as well as in the middle of North Rocky, very handy. 

Kershaw Gardens, Rockhampton. About the only part of
the gardens open after Cyclone Debbie.

Rockhampton seems to have recovered quickly from the flooding of Cyclone Debbie, although Kershaw Gardens (where the overnight self-contained RV parking is) is mostly closed for rehabilitation.