Rum and Bargara

We are back in the van and heading North up the Sunshine Coast, although I'm sure that name is just to taunt us as we have seen mainly clouds and rain since we left Fraser Island.

First stop was the Bundaberg Rum Distillery, the largest rum producer in Australia. They are one of the few distilleries in the world which still use their own custom yeast recipe, for safe keeping they store a sample of the precious ingredient in Norwich, England. We didn't know Norwich was so safe. We did a tour and had some tasters, unfortunately Armelle was driving I had to step up and finish hers. It's a tough life 😂

We're staying 2 nights in Bargara, a lovely little camp site right on the beach with access to the Mon Repos Turtle Beaches. Unfortunately the turtle nesting season ends at the beginning of April so we didn't get a chance to see them but we did do the coastal walk up to Burnett Heads to see the famous Lighthouse, bit of a disappointment as they didn't mention the lighthouse was rebuilt in the 70s and the original moved in land for preservation. After a massive lunch we couldn't face the walk back so we embraced our inner children and hopped on some electric scooters, super fun, much easier than walking and we were back at camp in a quarter of the time. We may have to use them again soon.Read more