Day 78 Hervey Bay - Maryborough - Kingaroy - Kumbia - Dalby - Moonie - Goondawindi - Boggabilla "When I was a little bitty baby My mama done rock me in the cradle In them old cotton fields back home...." Raining one minute, sunshine the next, cloudy and windy the next, pouring with rain again.....repeat for the whole day. Thats what today was like and we drove through all of it! The outside temperature was like a yo yo all day up and down between 16 and 23 ...

Day 77 Agnes Water - Bundaberg - Childers - Hervey Bay " Hit city Sharp nights Rag clothing Dancing on the Jetty......" And the wind did howl and the caravan did shake and things went flying in the night ! Last night the wind really picked up. So much so that half the park was awake just before midnight busily packing up awnings and preparing the storm kits! I had to tape the power outlet cover that was banging against the van.... At least with the howlin...

Day 76 Yeppoon - Rockhampton - Gladstone - Agnes Water - 1770 "Down by the sea I found your hidden treasure Just you and me, We overdosed on pleasure Yonnies in the wind, We're ruggin' up for winter Putting out the bins In cold and windy weather......." There were lots of animals at the Zoo in Rockhampton today - but we were the only monkeys! Gee it poured with rain last night! I had hoped that it would rain itself out but no luck there. We awoke to g...

Day 75 Airlie Beach - Proserpine - Mackay - Yeppoon "so jump in my car we'll go 100 around the bend, we'll take this road until we're back at the start yet again....." Today was a moving day. Everyone was on the move. Some heading North, some heading South and some moving on.....poor Leonard! We left Airlie Beach under light grey skies with lots of blue patches just after 8. We drove through Proserpine and then headed South towards Mackay. We stopped in at M...

Day 74 Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour "all the cops in the donut shop say way oh way oh ooh wayo wayo...." We needed to chat to the boys in blue today. We awoke to grayish skies with blue tinges and intermittent light rain again today. It's hard to get used to rain again after glorious sunshine for so long. Still, it's not enough rain to stop you from doing anything - wont even wash the car! We left at about 9am to drive into Airlie Beach proper and out to S...