We packed up and left Rick's sister's place on Monday 21st September, heading around 1100kms south to attend the CMCA National Rally in Rockhampton. We allowed ourselves a week to get there, as we didn't want to rush. We drove through towns we had already been through on our way north, and added a couple more. The photo below is Mission Beach, very nice.
The weather was very warm, and it might have been sunny, but it was a bit difficult to tell with all the dust! There was a layer of dust over most of NSW and Qld for a few days of our drive south. Photo below is along the Bruce Highway..............somewhere. The mountains are barely visible.
This photo is a view over the town of Bowen, shrouded in dust.
We stopped for 2 nights at a quiet little caravan park at Armstrong Beach; we were only going to stay one night, but Rick wanted to go fishing with the bloke camped next to us. There was a lot of birdlife around; all sorts of bird calls. The photo below is the 2 guys fishing in the mangroves. They didn't catch anything there, so tried their luck from the beach. We had some yummy fresh fish for breakfast next morning. :)
We arrived in Rockhampton in the morning, 28th September, the day the week long motorhome rally began. What a week! Almost like being on a cruise. There were seminars every day, craft classes, rock'n'roll dance classes, evening entertainment, happy hour, socialising, laughing................ Rocky Horror theme ball on the Saturday night.It was sad to have to pack up and leave on Monday 4th October; we had such a great time.
We are planning to attend the next big rally in Tasmania next March.
Now we are camped at Calliope River, near Gladstone. We have been in this area since Monday night, as we have been doing a few different tours in Gladstone, which is an interesting place. Rick has been trying to catch a feed of fish from the river, but seems to be feeding the fish instead! He has caught some, but they were under size, so back in the water they went. I want a Barra! Just one...............................please.
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The first round of the QLD series was declared as the track catch fence was demed by officials to be to damaged after a V8 amcar had wiped out catch fence posts on the start finish area at Rockhampton.
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