Bowen Qld August 14th 2023

 Bowen Qld August 14th 2023

Came down from Townsville to Bowen, about two-hundred kilometres. Not a bad trip, except for a great stretch of road surface that could have been Pebblecrete. Whatever it was it produced a really harsh ride and was basically hard work to drive on. As soon as we rolled back onto normal bitumen, it was like sliding along, effortless compared to the other.

View from Flagstaff Hill, Bowen Qld

Bowen has lived up to our expectation, a great site in aa great van park. Absolutely brilliant weather. Couldn't ask for more. We did the half-hour tour of town including Flagstaff hill, the esplanade and the ex-flying boat base, and a bit of a look into some shops.

One of 14 Lighthouses in Queensland. Bowen Qld

Finished the afternoon laying by the pool. I even went in despite everyone saying it was freezing. Maybe I'm getting used to cold pools, but it didn't seem that bad.

We decided to treat ourselves to dinner out and ended up at the Grand View Hotel, where apart from putting roasted chilli on Judy's salad, we had an excellent meal.

On my walk this morning, I was amused to see the 'fishos' all lining up at the boat ramp, waiting their turn and then following all their other mates out to sea. 

Follow-the-leader fishing. Bowen Qld