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Exploring the Yeppoon Coast

Exploring the Yeppoon Coast. Views from Yeppon! Yeppoon is built across a number of hills. They offer excellent views in many directions; see below.   The Great Dividing Range snakes its way up the Australian east coast 50 – 150km inland. Close to Rockhamton a few tentacles separate and reach towards the north east. They … Continue reading »

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On to Rockhampton and Yeppoon

  After a week out in the sticks at Baffle Creek we were ready to move on to our next destination. This was Yeppoon 330km further north. We had enjoyed ourselves in Baffle Creek, walking along deserted beaches and living in a quiet caravan park. The beaches were cluttered with trees from the recent cyclone. … Continue reading »

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The question of all that sugar cane.

As we are heading north along the east coast it is becoming clear that there are many geographic ‘blobs’, from Byron Bay to north of Port Douglas, where sugar cane is farmed for miles and miles. To some extent it reminds me of the York Peninsular with the many miles of grain. So  where does … Continue reading »

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Baffle Creek

Baffle Creek We left Woodgate early-ish in the morning to go up north some 150km to a remote little place by the name of Baffle creek. There is a lovely caravan park amongst tropical trees and palms along the banks of the Baffle creek. The camp sites are green with grass and some of the power … Continue reading »

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Trip to Childers

Trip to Childers The next day (9/7) we had a look at the little town of Childers. Although smaller than Bundaberg, this town is a little gem. There are a number of historical monuments/memorials. The link below lists some points of interest for the local area. http://www.google.com.au/webhp?client=tablet-android-samsung&source=android-home&gws_rd=cr&ei=gJOcVbCzIIfz8gWEu7joCA#q=waluma++historical+site+childers and   also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childers,_Queensland   also     … Continue reading »

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Trip to Bundaberg

  On Thursday 8 July we decided to explore the town of Bundaberg. It is around 57km from Woodgate on a winding road through the sugarcane fields. ‘Makes sense, I thought, how else does one get the base fuel for the lovely Bundy Rum’.  The main street of Bundaberg is beautifully renovate with heaps of … Continue reading »

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Woodgate

On the first of July we headed north once more to a lovely beach town by the name of Woodgate. It is located on the mainland just north of northern the tip of Fraser Island and just south of Bundaberg. It has a magnificent beach that 4x4s are allowed on and is many kilometers long … Continue reading »

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Caloundra

The morning of 30/6 we departed for Caloundra on the Sunshine coast. We were amazed by how busy everything was. Even the caravan park was packed like a can of sardines. The area is really nice but very built up all the way up and down the coast and a few kilometers inland. It’s very … Continue reading »

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Byron Bay

We had finally reached the coast of northern New South Wales and with it a more temperate climate than that in Victoria. We stayed at the Beaches caravan park. Great, generous sites for caravans with big trees to offer shade during the day. All day the brush turkeys we scratching around and running for bits … Continue reading »

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Getting to the warmer climate!

Saturday morning, 20/6/15, we left Winterwood and made our way onto the Hume highway. The Navara towed beautifully and we did not even feel we were towing a caravan most of the time. We headed towards Albury – Wodonga with the target for the day being Wagga Wagga. We were quite exited on the start … Continue reading »

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