Wallaman Falls

We were advised to go for a drive to see Wallaman Falls, they are positioned so if you get there at the right time you will see multiple rainbows through the spray, quite a hike up the hill but worth the drive.

Yes that is the new me!!! No smokes since 1st May and am I fat!!!!!!!!!!

Sugar Fix

Lucinda has the longest pier in Qld and maybe Australia, it measures 5.75 kilometres out to sea to load the sugar from the refinery onto the boats, unfortunately you are not allowed on it to fish, but there is an old one you can fish off.

When the mill is in full force the air is thick with the pungent smell of molases.

Lucinda & Hinchinbrook Island

We are in Lucinda which is just metre's away from the bottom of Hinchinbrook Island and about 30 k's east of Ingham. We were have a little over 3 years ago but since then Lucinda has suffered the effects of cycle Yasi, the eidence of her visit is still quite apparent with many tree's down and roofs' still swathed in tarps.

This is the view to Hinchinbrook from the boat ramp early morning, not far at all and quite serene looking, their is always a little cloud over the top in the early mornings.

In the left of this photo you can see where Yasi came through and shredded the tree's on the point.

Cry of the Curlew

As you would all know I'm a great fan of Peter Watt books and his first is called "Cry of the Curlew", this is a curlew, they make a sound like a crying baby and are quite vocal at night. They are a beautiful bird with the most amazing eye's.

Emerald to Mackay

Leaving Emerald we were not sure of our next stop but ended up in Mackay for a few nights. On the way we went through a few small towns, Capella has this wonderful war memorial all made from steel.

Saturday we went for a drive around Mackay as the last time we were there was our honeymoon 30 years ago! It sure has changed a bit, there are even adds on the TV for job vacancies, a diesel mechanic for a car yard can earn $150k pa if you can believe the ad. The marina has`also grown with heaps of boats.

We have never seen so many people wearing Hi Vis clothing and driving 4WD cars, the place if full of them and has every shop you can think of.
We left Mackay Monday morning having booked a park near Seaforth, got there only to find it like a jungle and not an ounce of sunshine to be had, slipped away from there and are now in the noisiest park around, near the Bruce Highway south of Prosserpine, thank heavens we have booked Bowen and Lucinda for the next week or so.
The view of the cane fields and ocean beyond on the way to Seaforth was almost worth the drive, beautiful.

Goodbye to Lake Maraboon

We attended the "Disco" put on by the park on Thursday night, Mick is now convinced it is a nursing home, the boys had a great time though, they even finished the night with a dance.

This is the only fish we got close to as it was far too windy to put the boat in, as usual the day we left was perfect!

Van Gough

Emerald boast's the largest Van Gough painting in the world, all be it a fake!

The park had a abumdance of birdlife and the first sign of a slice of bread would have you swamped by them.

These one's are almost asking to go fishing!