Whitsundays
Time for an update. First, Matilda had her 10,000km service and to our absolute relief they found no real problems. The fuel pump that we got fixed further south is still faulty, which is annoying, but other than changing the oil they didn't find reason to do anything else. The garage was very friendly and, bizarrely, had a little sort of animal sanctuary in the office. One of the owners rescues animals that have been hit by cars so she introduced us to a little baby kangaroo, a small bird and a litter of puppies while we discussed engines, oil leaks and fuel pumps.
We celebrated with a KFC, making sure to text our former housemates and let them know (there's no KFC within an hours drive of Gayndah). We headed up to Rockhampton, which didn't seem too appealing to stay in, so went east to the coast, through Emu Park to a town called Yeppoon. This was a surprisingly beautiful part of the country since we'd never heard of it, so we were glad to take the detour.
Unfortunately it had rained every day and continued to do so as we arrived 3 hours further north in Mackay. The weather gave us an opportunity to take a day off travelling and sightseeing to consider our next steps, and to make some plans for the next few months. After we get to the northern part of Queensland, our intended route begins to get a bit more interesting and we really had to work out our money and time. In particular, we don't want to be in the north when summer starts. You'll see what we worked out over the next few months, we don't want to give anything away yet!
We left Mackay and since our next major stop was the coastal Whitsunday area, we headed inland for an hour to the area of Eungella National Park. A trip up into the 'moutain' range led us to a spot called Broken River, which is one of the few places that you can see the Platypus in the wild. As we arrived we saw a group of people hanging over a bridge, and our luck was in as there were a couple feeding in the river below.
An hour and a half further north and we're now in Airlie Beach. The sea and scenery here is just stunning, but it's the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef that we're mainly here for. Like Fraser Island, this is one of the big (and expensive) stops on our trip so we're currently studying all the brochures to decide on the best way to make use of our hard-earned cash. Rest assured, within the next few days we'll be snorkelling/scuba diving/swimming/sailing.
Ta-ta for now...
We celebrated with a KFC, making sure to text our former housemates and let them know (there's no KFC within an hours drive of Gayndah). We headed up to Rockhampton, which didn't seem too appealing to stay in, so went east to the coast, through Emu Park to a town called Yeppoon. This was a surprisingly beautiful part of the country since we'd never heard of it, so we were glad to take the detour.
Unfortunately it had rained every day and continued to do so as we arrived 3 hours further north in Mackay. The weather gave us an opportunity to take a day off travelling and sightseeing to consider our next steps, and to make some plans for the next few months. After we get to the northern part of Queensland, our intended route begins to get a bit more interesting and we really had to work out our money and time. In particular, we don't want to be in the north when summer starts. You'll see what we worked out over the next few months, we don't want to give anything away yet!
We left Mackay and since our next major stop was the coastal Whitsunday area, we headed inland for an hour to the area of Eungella National Park. A trip up into the 'moutain' range led us to a spot called Broken River, which is one of the few places that you can see the Platypus in the wild. As we arrived we saw a group of people hanging over a bridge, and our luck was in as there were a couple feeding in the river below.
An hour and a half further north and we're now in Airlie Beach. The sea and scenery here is just stunning, but it's the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef that we're mainly here for. Like Fraser Island, this is one of the big (and expensive) stops on our trip so we're currently studying all the brochures to decide on the best way to make use of our hard-earned cash. Rest assured, within the next few days we'll be snorkelling/scuba diving/swimming/sailing.
Ta-ta for now...
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