As Liz had to return home unexpectedly this week we left Tannum Sands & headed directly for Rockhampton. Upon arrival we booked tickets for her for Tuesday, then drove to Yepoon & stopped a little way South on the coast overnight looking out towards Great Keppel Island. Once again the rain is back as it rained all night, but it was cool &, with the sounds of the surf in our ears, we slept soundly.
Next morning, on the way back to Rocky, we stopped at a crocodile farm, what an experience, They showed a video first & then a keeper brought in an egg that was just in the process of hatching. Unfortunately in my haste to get out of the rain I had forgotten my camera so was unable to capture it on film. Just it’s snout was sticking out the end of the egg & the keeper rolled the egg in his hands gently crushing it to emulate the process that mother croc does. I about 5 minutes the hatchling was fully out, it was an amazing thing to see & even more amazing was the length of the hatchling which was about 25cm, from a 10cm egg! We then watched as he fed the crocks & I retrieved my camera, then took a photo of each other holding a 2 year old croc in our hands. On arrival at the Rock, we checked out the airport then relaxed for the remainder of the day at a caravan park.
Well, Liz is on the plane now so I’m going to stock up for the rest of the week & see what happens. I’ve found a campground called Red Rock in the Byfield state forest. There is a stream nearby where I thought I might swim but on approaching the stream I saw a sign saying ‘crocs live in these waters’, also after all the rain the creek was running at about 10 knots. So I settled in & checked out the other campers but they all seemed to know each other. Anyway it’s raining again so I’ll just settle down with a book. 2 days now & still raining so tomorrow I’m heading out.
Day dawned bright & sunny so I went to Capricorn Caves, These caves are on private property & have been since the early 1800’s. They’re just like a smaller version of Jenolan Caves but very interesting. Carried on to Yaamba, thought it would be like Yamba, NSW but hey, all I found was a pub & a café. But there was a nice camp spot adjacent the pub so I stopped there. In the afternoon 3 other motor homes pulled up so we all had a long happy hour & I also found out a lot of information about far North Q’land.
Good Friday today, so back to Rocky to pick Liz up this evening, on the way I stopped in at Kershaw Gardens, it’s like a botanical garden, beautifully laid out lots of water & many pathways, at first I thought I wouldn’t find my way back to Wherarwee but discovered the paths wind, serpent like, through the gardens but eventually come back to the start. After spending a relaxing 1 ½ hours there I continued on. Back at the park we stopped at on Monday I spent the remainder of the day on housework. Liz has left Sydney on time & should arrive back at 6:45 PM.
Tomorrow ……….. the adventure starts again!
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| At Byfield State Forrest |
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| Capricorn Caves |
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| Rootes growing through the limestone |
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| Stalactites |
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The Cathedral, they hold weddings here,
I took the photo from where the quire stands |
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| This photo doesn't do it justice |
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| At last, I see the light! |
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| There were several of these when leaving the caves |
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| In Kershaw Park |
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| Again |
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| And again |
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| Still more |
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Oops, I didn't realise I was going to be
in this photo |
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