Bundaberg

Thursday, 26 June 2014

 

Bundaberg Town Hall and War Memorial?

One of our coldest mornings since leaving home – 3 degrees – and at the Sunshine Coast!  However, this did mean the most beautiful day followed, warm, clear and not a cloud in the sky as we drove to Bundaberg.

I think the majority of road works in Queensland are happening between Maroochydore and Bundaberg, or so it seemed.  We did spend a considerable amount of time parked in long lines of vehicles.  There was also an incredible amount of traffic on the road and we were amazed at the number of caravans heading south.  When we were only about 15 klms from Bundaberg, we were made very much aware of why we take out windscreen insurance.  A car travelling in the opposite direction threw a stone at us and left a lovely shaped, double star about 10 cms up from the bottom.  Himself has applied a patch and hopefully we will be able to return to home base before having the windscreen replaced.

After checking into the BIG4 Cane Village Holiday Park, which is a very nice tropical park with very good sites and amenities, not to mention extremely friendly and helpful caretakers, we drove to Bargara on the off chance of catching Helen and Vince (ex next-door-neighbours) at home in the caravan.  Unfortunately, they were out but we did meet someone else from Ulverstone and left a message with him.  As we were driving back to Bundaberg, we passed Peter and Pat (also ex-Ulverstonians) heading towards Bargara.

The scenery today has been very Queensland – sugar cane, pineapple plantations, macadamias, mangos, sweet potatoes and hunch-back cattle.