YEPPOON

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Theodore sunrise through the mist

Jennifer (or possibly Harold, or maybe Nigel) waiting for us

Palm trees, sunshine, shorts and linen shirt at last

Singing Ship Memorial

Still smiling...

Keppel Islands

ANZAC Centenary Walkway

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ANZAC Centenary Memorial

Keppel Marina Headland

It didn’t take long to pack up on Monday morning, considering we hadn’t really unpacked!  We were a little sorry to say goodbye to Theodore, it seemed a very nice little outback town.  However, the tropics beckoned as we passed through little towns with unusual names like “Banana,” more coal mines and extremely long and numerous coal trains.  We passed through Rockhampton on our way to Yeppoon for three nights, arriving at NRMA Capricorn Yeppoon shortly after noon.  A friendly greeting from a pleasant receptionist and we were soon ready to meet the welcoming committee of one on the office verandah – a small snake which quickly decided it needed to be somewhere else urgently!  One sight of the caravan park and we were immediately relaxed – palm trees, tropical gardens, green grass, slabs, gardens between sites and three curlews just waiting for us to arrive!  The sunshine and 25 degree temperature didn’t go astray, either.

We are paying the same amount here as we paid for the run down caravan park in Toowoomba and there is no comparison.

Today was officially declared the start of “summer” and part of the morning was spent in swapping over the wardrobe – all the winter clothes were packed up and stored under the bed; the summer clothes were unpacked from under the bed and stored in the cupboards and wardrobes.  It is starting to feel like we are really on holiday now.

We also enjoyed a drive to Emu Park, about ten kilometres south, with a visit to the car wash the first port of call to remove all the mud we have been carrying for a few days.  Then it was a stop at the Singing Ship Memorial to James Cook, with its magnificent views across the sea to the Keppel Islands.  Wandering along a path from the memorial to a lookout, we came across an ANZAC Centennial Walkway and memorials – one of the best we have seen, it was so well done.  Along the pathway were silhouettes of World War I soldiers, together with posts listing the major battles Australian forces had been involved in.  Then we came to a shelter with information boards, artwork on the floor as well featuring poppies and a red cross (over 61,000) representing every life lost by our servicemen during the war.  The pathway ended opposite the RSL Sub-branch, with a new sandstone memorial.

The lovely weather is expected to continue…