We had another cold and foggy start to the day – hopefully we wont have any more cold starts now we have arrived in the tropics.
I was greeted by a couple of king parrots this morning as I left the caravan (one was sitting on the awning arm right beside the door), and with such sad looks on their faces, I felt I just had to disobey park instructions about not feeding the wildlife. A couple of slices of bread quickly disappeared, especially after a couple of rainbow lorikeets sat on my hand and demolished a full slice between them.
It was a rather uneventful day; we departed Cania Gorge shortly after 8.30 am and drove through fog for about a half hour. The highway north was in pretty good condition, with only a few rough and bumpy patches. The countryside was quite hilly for a while, with a couple of long hauls up, but even longer downhill runs as we descended towards the coast. We came across a sudden detour at Mount Morgan, with the highway completely closed and Doris became very upset as we travelled through some country roads, not really knowing where we were headed. However, we eventually ended up back on the highway for the final run into Rockhampton – and the Tropic of Capricorn!
We are staying at the Big4 Caravan Park, north of the Fitzroy River. It has been surprising how quickly the park has filled up after we arrived – there are obviously still plenty of tourists heading north. This afternoon, Himself was in seventh heaven when we needed to visit Bunnings! Our brand new power cord didn’t like the cold, frosty mornings we have had and developed a split, so to be safe, a new cord has been purchased. Hopefully, we wont need the heater as much from now on – a very pleasant 23 degrees today meant the short sleeve shirts were donned and shorts retrieved from the bottom of the cupboard ready to wear tomorrow.
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