The town of Rockhampton is situated on the banks of the Fitzroy River. The main industry in this area is beef, in tribute there are cow statues dotted about town. We visited the spire for the tropic of Capricorn at the visitor centre. It was our fourth and final time that we passed the Tropic… Read More Rockhampton
We had quick overnight stop at Emerald on our way south to Carnarvon Gorge. We hadn’t been able to book a campsite in the national park so we stayed at the Takaraka caravan park located only a couple of kilometres away which turned out to be a great place to stay. The next morning we… Read More Carnarvon Gorge National Park
We did battle with Queensland’s national park campsite booking system and secured ourselves a spot at Broken River in Eungella National Park (pronounced Young-ga-la). Located just 80km west of Mackay it is an easy drive apart from one very steep windy section up the mountainside. There are no facilities in the campsite but campers can… Read More Eungella National Park
We had a six hour drive down from Mission Beach down to our next destination of Airlie Beach. Our route took us around the outskirts of Townsville. On our approach we noticed a slight smoky smell in the air, but didn’t take too much notice. It wasn’t until we were almost upon the fire that… Read More Airlie Beach
Heading down the mountains from the Atherton Table lands we stopped at Paronella Park. The entrance price includes a night of camping and entrance to the park at night as well as a return entrance for the next two years. Although the park has won some tourism awards and sounded pretty interesting as we had… Read More Mission Beach
Hit The Toad 