We drove via Moranbah, around the mines along Red Hill Rd, came to 5km of corrugated dirt, then back on the bitumen through a gap in the Range at Burton Gorge Dam and onto Lake Elphinstone. We had a great 5 nights along the lake freedom camping. Great toilet and cold shower facilities.
Our daily visit from the locals.......I’m watching you.......
Explored the hill at the back of us, 3/4 of the way up there was a cache (of course) just had to negotiate the barb wired fence and 2 steep rock faces to scramble up, thank goodness Derek found a more gentler way back down
Explored the hill at the back of us, 3/4 of the way up there was a cache (of course) just had to negotiate the barb wired fence and 2 steep rock faces to scramble up, thank goodness Derek found a more gentler way back down
The view
Sunrise, yet another, there is never going to be many captured by me
A night in the cane fields on a private farm near Mackay. We needed to get our 12volt system checked over as it kept intermittently tripping. Turns out the 40Amp battery protector under the van hood was tripping at less than a 10Amp load, we got it replaced and now all set to go again.
We have never spent any length of time around Mackay, so have allowed ourselves 3 weeks.
First stop Halliday Bay Golf Resort/RV park, just 35 minutes North, felt like being on a tropical island. We headed here to meet up with our dear friends Judy and Lex from near Brisbane, who are also out caravanning.
Cape Hillsborough NP in the background
Air golf
Tropical Island feel........Climbed up to the lookout on the hill at the end of the beach
View south over Ball Bay and Cape Hillsborough from the lookout
View north over Seaforth
Little Welcome Swallows
But our bird of the week, the Rainbow Bee Eaters were in abundance and we had never seen them before
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