North of Bundaberg is a place called the Town of 1770. This
is where Captain Cook made his second landing on Australian soil (after Botany
Bay) and is the birthplace of Queensland .
I don’t think the place has changed much (apart from the hotel/café and a few
buildings), and they've tried to keep it very low key.
Just south of Rockhampton we crossed into the Tropic of
Capricorn – who turned up the humidity? It was the first night we've had the
air-con running all night. Yeppoon had a few nice (and almost deserted) beaches
and exploring the hilly coastline by bicycle was a step too far for me. I gave
up, cycled back to the van and walked along the beach instead.
We visited The Caves (thanks Anita for the tip) on the way
up to St Lawrence. They were truly stunning and have bookings for weddings
right up to the end of 2014! They also stage Opera in the Cathedral Cave
We also experienced something we hadn't seen for at least 3
weeks – rain! (the few spots in Brisbane
don’t count) It lasted all of about 10 minutes but washed lots of dust off the
ute and van!
We stayed a couple of nights at a ‘freebie’ site in St
Lawrence (their recreational grounds) and had the most amazing sunset.
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