Another
cool morning 11.2 degrees – not sure how we are going to go in the colder
places – more clothes!!! Went for
another exercise walk – getting into 2 half hour ones each day. Evicted 2
geckos (not us) who had moved in under the front awning. Packed up and on the
road again to Yeppoon.
Navigator
failed a 2nd time (3 strikes and I will be walking) as I forgot to
write down the address of the van park I had booked us into 6 months ago. But I
found the Information Centre, got directions and with a dodgy u-turn in a
carpark we found the park. Right on the beach so after we settled in and had
lunch, we had another big walk on the beach.
Sightseeing
was next as, 32 years ago we visited the Singing Ship at Emu Park with Steve’s
parents – all of us crammed in the old Landrover!!! On the way though we
checked out Wreck Point, the harbour to see where to catch the ferry to Great
Keppell Island. We went there 31 years ago for our honeymoon – won’t mention
the memories!!! There was a big Osprey nest on a tower with chicks. Climbed up
a mountain to see Pebbly Beach (which was all rocks) then up the other side to
Double Head lookout – worth the walk but note to self – put in the walking
shoes, not thongs!! There were amazing rock formations from volcanoes, called
fan rocks. Then we climbed the Bluff to Turtle & Ritamata lookouts. Hanging
out for a coffee – even thought we could raid the “coffee jar” but by the time
we got to Emu Park and saw the Singing Ship, the coffee shops had closed. The
Ship was quietly singing with the cool breeze. It was built to honour Cook’s
naming of Keppel Bay. Found a shop built like a whale at Kemp Beach. Need to
start a file on “the Big things around Aust”.
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