Leaving Faulty Towers Caravan Park in Yeppoon, to Rubyvale: Saturday 7 July 2012 Dave and I were delighted to be packing up our Shangri-La tent in perfect sunny weather. We couldn't wait to leave the Faulty Towers of all caravan parks; the place where they had a glossy brochure extolling their wonderful qualities, but were really the exact opposite. And I was glad I hadn't had to engage a good lawyer to get my Dave off a murder charge. The woman who was managi...

Yeppoon with a full moon - Wednesday 4th July Trish will probably correct me on the exact date of the full moon but it sounded good so who cares. Today was town explore day as we usually do first morning. A short walk to the beach revealed more of the area's fiery volcanic past. Black volcanic basalt along the shore line, islands formed by extinct volcanoes, Keppel and Great Keppel Islands visible off shore. My first sight of coconut palms growing along t...

Cania Gorge Happy Campers and Mighty Intrepids in Monto, Qld: Mon 2 July 2012 Our last day at pretty Cania Gorge was spent riding out 24km to the little rural town of Monto, so we could buy fresh food and also so we could get in touch with family and businesses via our phones and internet. Dave packed our laptop onto his bike so we set it up on a park bench in Monto, where we made appointments for my motorbike to be serviced and for Dave's to get a new back ty...

Off the radar in Cania Gorge - 29th, 30th June & 1st July We have found another one of the "places that I didn't know I wanted to see" and it is beautiful. After a tip we got from some motorcyclists we met some time back we have finally after a few false starts ended up in Cania Gorge National Park. I must say getting here has been an endurance trip but now all that is behind us and finally I too can laugh about that muddy slippery road I led us up. In...

The Mighty Intrepids get dirty! Bargara to Biloela Qld: Thurs 28 June 2012. Once again we woke to more drizzling rain and grey skies in Bargara, near Bundaberg; so depressing. Dave said, "This place is feeling like Ground Hog Day, Time to go!" So we packed up our tent in the miserable drizzling rain, while others in caravans were also packing up in a similar mood. Our plan was to ride on to Cania Gorge Caravan Park. Our laptop was showing us that sunny weather...