June 11th We are on the road again heading north back up towards the sunshine coast!We have found accommodation in the coastal resort of Scarborough in the suburb of Redcliffe.Redcliffe is 30km from Brisbane and separated from the mainland by a causeway and reached via a long road bridge.It was where the original settlers set up camp when they landed on this part of the coast before moving inland and establishing Brisbane as the main town.To get to Scarborough we...

7th JuneTime to leave Hervey Bay, and head down to the sunshine coast.Ummm sunshine it wasn't, we had hard rain as we drove down through Gympie heading on to Caloundra on the coast.On route we stopped at the ginger factory, and also a Macadamia nut place.We got to sample nuts coated in everything from wasabi to chocolate (guess which were favourite!), and also tried ginger icecream, which was lovely.We found our apartment which Rich & Sue had pre-booked.It ha...

Fraser Island - Tuesday 3rd JuneRob and I had a fairly early start, we were picked up by bus for our trip to Fraser.Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world.It has remained fairly unspoilt, has a population of dingoes, much of the island is rain forest.Lots of the original hard wood trees were felled but some replanting was done with softer faster growing varieties.You can see the difference quite clearly (all the replanted sections are in rows, wher...

We left Mackay on Wed 28th heading south.The weather was showery so we decided to make it a long driving day.We had been warned that Rockhampton was similar to Mackay in that most of the accommodation was taken up by mines and their employees, so went to a little coastal town called Yeppoon.We called into the information bureau and collected lots of literature, only to discover all the 'What's on' section covered 2007, they must have got well excited when 4 pommi...

Lady Elliot Island - 4th-6th June 2008.Wow, Wow, Wow!!!What a fantastic place, this was a little add on to our trip but we are so glad that we did.Lady Elliot Island is reached by a 'Scenic' flight from Hervey Bay and a couple of other local airports, scenic means another tiny plane!The flight over was excellent, the pilot thought it would be nice to fly over the Fraser island coast (as today the sun was shining and the skies blue).The flight took around 30-40 mi...