Back to the coast today, driving all of 30km's. Tired now. A little cooler with the sea breeze however the feel of Yeppoon is magnificent. As our trip is getting towards the latter stages we are now required to start booking our stays in advance. The school holidays are not far away and the number of people hitting the QLD coast seems to be greater than NT. Our plans over the next couple of weeks have changed significantly due to booked out locations. After...

Quiet day in Rocky today. QLD north coast definitely putting its hand up for the insect capital of Australia overnight. Baz worked today, the kids caught up on some of their maths in the morning. Headed to Sushi Train for lunch, becoming a bit of a favorite for the family. Big swim for the kids in the afternoon in the holiday park pool before hitting the games room for some table tennis. I think a letter to Santa requesting a table for Christmas may be on th...

Headed further south today and stopped for a couple of days at Rockhampton. Pretty quiet day for us, setup camp, a bit of a tour around town (very quiet on a Sunday), a little shopping, a nice swim in the heated pool before Pen's scrumptious microwave lasagne. Not sure a quiet day for Uncle Ross (Pen's brother). Whilst on a 4wd/camping trip in outback NT an issue with the fuel line and the old Prado went up in flames. Unfortunately the trip was cut short, fort...

After being attacked by insects overnight we woke to another dreary day, however before long the weather started to clear. After a short tour of the nearest town (Greenhill) that took all of 5mins Baz, Jack & Pops purchased some bait and drove down to the rivermouth on an incoming tide to go hunting for dinner. It took a while for the tide to turn and the river to start running however when it started Jack was on fire. With 2 rods on the go Baz's job was...

We left Airlie Beach today to head further south. Our first intended stop was Mackay to take Jack & Pops to a waterpark that they had their eye on. The disappointment radiated through the car when it was agreed that it was too cold and wet to visit. Will have to double up on the theme parks on the Gold Coast. Non-stop rain on the drive, at one point we decided to pull into a truck stop, hop in the caravan and have a coffee whilst a heavy shower came t...