Moving On Day

We spent 3 nights by the Don River but moved on this morning. All plans out the window for travelling inland up to Mackay. We are in Rockhampton now. Three nights at Gracemere Caravan Park. We have booked the ute in for a quick check up after 2000ks of its new suspension.

We are staying until Friday morning so Jade and Lisa can visit us from Blackwater on Thursday.

We stopped at Mount Morgan for a picnic brunch. Boiled eggs on crusty bread rolls at the lookout which over looks the old gold mine. Met a few men up there who are old enough to remember so much about the place when they worked there probably 40 years ago. We visited the information centre and read up on more history. And we got a sticker for Mount Morgan for the car. Rules are that we can purchase a sticker if we stay in the town or if we visit and look around.

We arrived with a lot of washing. But they had 4 machines here for only $3 a load. So its all hanging on the line now. Sheets washed and dried. Fresh towels. Long long hot showers. Its a lovely independent park. I'll pop some photos on tomorrow. Quirky vibe. Very clean and tidy. Very well cared for park.

We will go for walk around town centre tomorrow after car service. Wash the car. Get some groceries. Visit the Botanical Gardens.

I'm finding out how much we WASTED on food expenditure. It costs so little to keep us fed. We are not eating out. We buy a few crusty bread rolls from a bakery to eat with soup... we buy small amounts of meat as needed...and we use up what we have before we get more food...

More sunrise photos as well from this morning. It was a gorgeous way to begin a day.Read more