EMU PARK

We moved on from Maryborough yesterday after a good look around the area. It was a very friendly place and one day we might come back to settle somewhere around here. Chris actually found a house for sale on "Stevenson Street" which we drove past to have a look at. We thought about the irony of it but decided to keep moving and following our travel plans. Maybe next time around! It's amazing how the landscape has changed from being very green and lush, to now being quite dry, it reminds me of the Darwin landscape. We are having a few nights in Emu Park now, at a lovely little caravan park just a stones' throw from the beach. In fact someone with a good arm would hit the beach from our bus!

This is the beach I walked on at 7am this morning, and a spot to have a quiet relax if you need one.



Today we went for a drive through Yeppoon and Byfield, very pretty scenery. We took the kids to Cooberrie Park, a wildlife sanctuary where they could see and pet lots of animals. They even had spiney-leaf stick insects, just like our Bindi Anna Jones! There was a cute little wallaby that loved having his neck rubbed and looked like he would roll on the ground with his legs in the air if he could. The kids patted snakes, lizards, koalas, kangaroos, even a crocodile. We saw dingoes (not like at Fraser Island!) a wombat, peacocks, a fox, and lots of other things. Chris even showed me the mysterious "whistling tree duck", long story!!

Tomorrow we are off to Mackay where we will hopefully settle for the next 6 months or so. But first a walk on the beach for Deb and a quick race down the bike track for Stevo and the kids.