Judy & Brian Tour Oz

  Sarina Qld August 17th 2023 It’s almost like a time warp: all the roadworks from last year are still there, perhaps even multiplied. They start as you pull out of Bowen and never really stop until you get to Mackay, which they have now bypassed with a Ring Road. I missed t he turn and had to take the old bypass, which was just fine. The plan was to spend two nights in Sarina. On the Friday we were booked to do the Sugar Mill tour, and on Saturday I was going to go the 30km back into Mackay to do Parkrun. The mill tour we had booked months ago based on our experience last year, when it had been booked out for weeks. Judy had done a check and found that they had plenty of availability, so a plan was hatched to do the tour this afternoon, and decamp to Rockhampton tomorrow. As it turns out, I haven’t done the Rockhampton Parkrun, so that’s a bonus for me. The Sugar Mill tour turned out to be a Sugar Shack tour, which was Ok and informative as the guide told us all about cane, h...

Rollingstone Qld July 20, 2015 Our bad-weather hoodoo caught up with us again: today is 100% cloudy and threatening rain. The wind has picked up and you start to wonder why you are parked right on a beach. Not to worry, we wandered off in the car to have a look at the country between here and Ingham (no - nothing to do with the chicken kings), but didn't make it out of the park before i just had to snap these huge seed pods hanging from the trees. Seed pod. Caravan Park, Rollingstone Qld Next stop was just up the road near the highway. They have huge fields of pineapples and one of the fields is just starting to come into fruit, so we stopped and took some snaps. As it turned out we were right next to the highway with only a railway line between us. There are railway lines all over the place up here in Queensland especially because of the sugar cane, so one gets a bit complacent about crossing them. But wait! This one is the main line north and as a small truck came to an...