Since there were no showers at the free campsite, we asked the swimming pool if we could pay to use theirs. It seems they must get it a lot, as he answered '$2.50' pretty quickly and without any thought. The dinosaur footprints we had heard about were actually in Winton, another 2 hours drive away, so we just went to the Stockman's Hall of Fame and Heritage Centre. It was very informative, with a video and 5 galleries, and we paid to see the optional stockma...

Our original plan for today was to either drive to Longreach (an outback town) or go to Rockhampton for tomorrow evenings rodeo show, but we still hadn't decided which one when we woke up. Ideally we would have gone to Longreach from Rockhampton, but I don't think we'd have been able to fit everything in before the 9th (Blake- the Surfer's Paradise manager- wants us to go to the new menu meeting then), so we decided against both, with the intention of taking a ...

I set the alarm for 5, but it wasn't light enough to see anything then, so our platypus viewing started at 6 instead. We gave up at about half past, so got ready to go on to Eungella. When we arrived at the platypus viewing platform, I asked a couple if they had seen one, which they hadn't. We had arrived at 8.40, and so wasn't expecting much since the best times were 4am-8am and 3pm-7pm. However our patience eventually lead to us spotting some. They were tiny-...

Getting up to checkout before 10 wasn't too pleasant after our night out, but we made it. Someone told Alice there was a phone shop near the out of town shopping centre, but it didn't turn out to be true. We picked up supplies anyway, and had some food and coffee from Hungry Jacks (so we could use the Wi-Fi, except it wouldn't work on my phone). Ezzy had told us about 'Platypus Bush Camp' where it's likely to spot platypuses; we did manage to find it in the ...

The English muffins were replaced by croissants in today's breakfast. The boat was rocking quite wildly, and Sam thought it'd be too choppy to use the paddle board, but a few couples went on the see through kayak. It took a bit of courage to jump into the sea, but I did anyway. I didn't particularly see much more than yesterday but the coral was very pretty and it actually felt a lot warmer. It was a very choppy 3 hours return but once back on land I felt li...