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We enjoyed our couple of nights in Rockhampton, seeing sights including the beautiful Botanic Gardens and the lovely historical streetscape of the city centre. But two days away from the coast was enough to remind us of the value of a sea breeze, so on Saturday morning we packed up again and continued south. We left the Bruce Highway at Mount Larcom after enjoying a locally made sausage roll, heading east towards Gladstone. This was a place we had visited a couple of times in Manookatoo, but seeing it from afar and realising the extent of industrialisation in this area was quite awesome! There are coal terminals, gas hubs, ore facilities and soon there will be a hydrogen plant as well - amazing.  Continuing south we soon reached Tannum Sands, our destination for a couple of nights. The  sea breeze was very welcome, as was the lovely cool pool once we had completed our set up! Later that afternoon we wandered along to the Surf Club for a drink overlooking the beach. The tide wa...

Our adventures so far have taken us from south east Queensland diagonally to north west Queensland, then across almost from the border to the rainforest. The weather has been lovely but it is gradually heating up and now it is time to enjoy the sea! We left Millaa Millaa on Monday morning, travelling east down the Palmerston Way until we joined the Bruce Highway, leaving it again soon to continue to the coast, reaching the sea at Etty Bay. A small caravan park and surf club is all that is here, but it is a very popular spot and we were glad we had booked a site! We backed in against the rainforest, the beach a short walk away and as soon as we were unpacked we hit the water! It was lovely and refreshing and we knew this wouldn't be our last swim of the day. Many other “grey nomads” are here, particularly from NSW and Victoria, keen to avoid the Covid lockdowns plaguing the southern states. The temperature, under the trees and in the sea, is just perfect, the surroundings are beauti...