11th June Left Manley and headed North over the Brisbane river and the Houghton highway to Redcliffe and Scarborough Beach Resort to finish our stay in Australia. The area is littered with UK sea side names Brighton and Margate amongst them. Spent the rest of the day chiling by the pool well catching the ray to top up the tan. In the evening watched the "Footy" as it was such a big thing the Maroons won 30-0. 12th Had a look around the Redcliffe are...

6th Lazy day drive up to Point Vernon to look at the sights over the bay. Then down to the Jetty for some line wetting, caught some different fish but nothing that could be keep for the table. 7th On the move again headed South drive down the Bruce highway. Stopped off at a Ginger Factory with a slection of free samples to try (very nice). then on into Colundra. 8th Day out at the zoo, "Crickey" that Australia Zoo set up by Steve Irwin (The Croco...

4th June Hervey Bay, the weather has improved a little cloud but nice and sunny. Sue and I visited a local park in search of the local colony of Fruit Bats but it would appear that they have moved off due to the bad weather recently. A walk on the beach shell hunting. Then a walk down to the Jetty to see what was being caught, a few Bream and flathead, tonight is expected to be a big tide. Spoke to Patrick an Aussie Irishman and his wife Glenda who are visiting f...

20thBefore leaving Townsville we visited the Reef HQ, this is a Study Centre and Aquarium for The Great Barrier Reef. The Aquarium has example of Marine life from the reef an easy way to see some of the life with out visiting the reef and diving or snorkelling.Then we hit The Bruce Highway to MacKay, arrival in Mackay was a nightmare all the Motels were full due to the fact that the mining industry takes up all the available accommodation from Monday to Friday. E...

20thBefore leaving Townsville we visited the Reef HQ, this is a Study Centre and Aquarium for The Great Barrier Reef. The Aquarium has example of Marine life from the reef an easy way to see some of the life with out visiting the reef and diving or snorkelling.Then we hit The Bruce Highway to MacKay, arrival in Mackay was a nightmare all the Motels were full due to the fact that the mining industry takes up all the available accommodation from Monday to Friday. E...