Oh the joy of a cool night. We slept well.
Our first task this morning was to check out our caravan park at Cape Palmerston. It is an isolated park, 15km from Ilbilbie. The park itself is a short walk from the sea. We had expectations of a lovely beach and it may well be, if the tide were in. Tide in, a great beach for kids. Tide out, a great place for a cricket match.
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| 291116 Cape Palmerston Beach looking to the NE |
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| 291116 Cape Palmerston Beach, looking to the SE |
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| 291116 The view to seaward from Cape Palmerston Beach |
Negatives aside, the place has a great reputation for fishing and crabbing, and the facilities were very good.
We did take a few shots around the park to give some insights.
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| 291116 Beautiful in its simplicity |
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| 291116 Shrub not so attractive but it was not in full bloom |
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| 291116 The blossoms were beautiful though |
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| 291116 The leaves are as pretty as the blossoms |
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| 291116 Ants nests in the trees |
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291116 Another shrub at the caravan park
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| 291116 Burdekin Ducks |
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291116 Burdekin Ducks invited some water hens
to share breakfast
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| 291116 Pillars of ..... clothes lines |
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Today took us southwards through Marlborough and Clairview to Emu Creek near Rockhampton. We mention Clairview because we had free-camped there a few years ago. The bougainvillia alongside the road had not grown much but the site of our camp had been given over to a dump point and the little town itself has many new homes on the beachfront. Ah! The price of development. We had morning tea there anyway.
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| 291116 The beach at Clairview |
There is not a lot to report about our journey today. The road was OK, the sun was out and we had left behind the large cane farms. Instead we passed through cattle country, which was in fair condition, as were the many Brahman cattle that were grazing on the grassy plains. The Great Dividing Range was ever present on our right hand side.
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