As we left Rockhampton we crossed the Tropic of Capricorn, which means we are no longer in the tropics so the weather should cool down slightly. Strangely enough the weather seems to be getting weird, only last week it snowed in Melbourne and today it is 37 degrees. Anyway we arrived in Bundaberg which is where they make the famous Aussie Rum (I don't think they export to the UK) we did a tour of the factory which was quite interesting (even for a self confes...

We had headed for Rockhampton because we fancied a day down on the farm Aussie style. The Myella farmstay was our choice and we opted for the 2 days and 1 night option (were we mad !!). We were picked up at 6.30am on Saturday and spent the next 1 and a half hours listening to the 4 doctors who were also on our tour ramble on about their previous visits and various medical proceedures they had subjected people to the previous week. 1st thing was to find some old c...

We were here for one reason and one reason alone, the elusive 'Duck Billed Platypus'. We sorted out hiring a car (another Getz) and planned our trip to Eungella National Park, prime Platypus spotting country. Setting off at 8.30am we were hot on the trail of the Platypus. We had heard that the best time to spot them was daybreak and twilight, as the sun had been up for over 3 hours we wondered what we were going to do till twilight. We decided to head for...

Airlie Beach is the jump off point for sailing the Whitsunday Islands and that was precisely what we intended to do. The problem is, is that there is so much choice. Did we want 1,2 or 3 days, did we want a Party Boat, Maxi boat, Tall Ship, Catamaran the list goes on and on and on. We finally opted for a Tall Ship called the Derwent Hunter which sailed for 3 days and 2 nights leaving on Saturday am, thus we had an extra day in Airlie which we spent swimming in th...

Not much to report from Townsville, we elected to give Magnetic Island a miss in favour of a visit to Reef HQ and the IMAX cinema. Reef HQ is the largest living reef aquarium in the world (don't quote me on that but i think it is true) we only went in to spot some of the fish we saw on the dive boat but non the less it was still a good way to while away a few hours. Next was the IMAX cinema where we watched a movie about the moon. Jo is thinking about taking ...