Rockhampton

Drove for 5 hours from Hervey Bay to Rockhampton. Mountains to the left and sugar cane fields starting to appear. Tropic of Capricorn at the Rocky tourist office. We last crossed this in Namibia near Sossuvlei.

Cabin on the Top Tourist site is cheap and cheerful ($62). Sausage, mash, brocoli and carrots and a bottle of yellow tail shiraz. Adam Sandler film on TV big daddy.
Left Sunday morning to move on. Big catholic cathedral and oldy worldy main street are impressive.

Rocky botanical gardens and zoo excellent and free.

Drove to coast and Yepoon. Looked nice with Great Keppel Island nearby. Lunch in the boat club with great view. Chatted to Ron and Irene who live in a caravan nearby. Ron works at a coal mine in Blackwater driving huge trucks. 5 days on and 5 days off. After talking for 3 hours we need somewhere to stay and have no time to walk on the beach. This may be a good thing as crocs occasionally walk on the same beach.

 End up back in the Rocky cabin for the night as none of the campgrounds look inviting and it is a bit chilly.