29 August – Friday
If only winter in Tasmania was like winter in Queensland! We have very nice sandal marks on our feet, which will have hopefully faded by the time I visit the dermatologist at the end of October.
Today we went for a short drive into Yeppoon and also to the Rydges Resort just to the north. I think this was the resort built by the Japanese in the early 1980’s and looks to be a very comfortable place to stay, the style of resort one sees on Getaway. Yeppoon itself is a nice town with a nice feel to it – quite touristy, which would be the main industry. There are some lovely big beaches, although the tide does go out a long way, as well as a large marina. The Keppel Islands are just off shore.
This afternoon we headed in the opposite direction (our caravan park is virtually in the middle of the Capricorn Coast beach strip) towards Emu Park, and this is definitely the poorer end of the coast, even the roads were no where near the standard of the Yeppoon area. The feature of Emu Park is the Singing Ship memorial to Captain Cook, a large structure which looks like a sail and actually hums in the breeze.
This really is a very nice caravan park, with lots of bird life – there are two tawny frogmouths living in a tree near our van – and there are even other Tasmanians here. The mosquitoes are the down side.
If only winter in Tasmania was like winter in Queensland! We have very nice sandal marks on our feet, which will have hopefully faded by the time I visit the dermatologist at the end of October.
Today we went for a short drive into Yeppoon and also to the Rydges Resort just to the north. I think this was the resort built by the Japanese in the early 1980’s and looks to be a very comfortable place to stay, the style of resort one sees on Getaway. Yeppoon itself is a nice town with a nice feel to it – quite touristy, which would be the main industry. There are some lovely big beaches, although the tide does go out a long way, as well as a large marina. The Keppel Islands are just off shore.
This afternoon we headed in the opposite direction (our caravan park is virtually in the middle of the Capricorn Coast beach strip) towards Emu Park, and this is definitely the poorer end of the coast, even the roads were no where near the standard of the Yeppoon area. The feature of Emu Park is the Singing Ship memorial to Captain Cook, a large structure which looks like a sail and actually hums in the breeze.
This really is a very nice caravan park, with lots of bird life – there are two tawny frogmouths living in a tree near our van – and there are even other Tasmanians here. The mosquitoes are the down side.
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