Life is a road trip!

April 25, 2013 by Karen

Life is a road trip!

Day One

It was a slow journey from Townsville to Rocky but we found out where all of the Queensland tax payer dollars were going. Road works galore!

We enjoyed this road sign on the Brunce Highway.

On advice from Frank, my dad's mate we took the inland road from Rockhampton and stayed the night in Mount Morgan, a mining town with a great pub. We enjoyed a barra burger and camped the night at a cheap and cheerful caravan park. We did go and check out the free but illegal camping site at the dam after a local said, “Pardon my French but the dam is a f…ing amazing place to camp – picture perfect – if you don't want to pay for a caravan park.”

We were put off by the fact the toilets were closed and there was not another soul in sight.

Day Two

More roadworks were the order of the day!

We failed to stop at the big tomato and the big crocodile yesterday so we could not drive passed the BIG ORANGE! Nick couldn't roll it despite his efforts!

That night we were treat to some amazing hospitality on the Gold Coast from James and his parents. The hospitality was so good we wanted to move in!

Day three

We decided to check out some of the beaches on the way to meeting the people we were house sitting for in Lismore. Brunswick Heads was our favourite along that stretch of coast.

We had afternoon tea with Don and Annette and met Sam the cat, our responsibility for the next six weeks. Deciding to stay at the cheapest cheapest caravan park we could find in Lismore we quickly learned cheap is not always best. We did not realise it was a residential park until we were inside of it and by then it was too late. Hey it was dark!

I was woken at about 11 pm with a women shouting, “Get the police! Someone get the police!”

The next minute a white van backed around the corner at speed and hit a palm tree before screeching off out of the park. Twenty minutes later the police arrived but we never found out what was going on. Needless to say I did not get much sleep that night!

You can see the palm tree he hit in the back ground! Thankfully he missed us!

 

Day Four

Setting off back to the coast we had our first coffee in Byron.

After that we to the Brunswick Heads again for breakfast in the park and a walk to the beach.

We explored more of the North coast and settled on Evans Head for the night. After our experience the night before we wanted a tourist park, and booked into 'The Golden Sands', a great caravan park by the river and only a short walk to the beach.

We were looking forward to starting our house sitting and having some creature comforts after our four day road trip!

 

 

 

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