Day 74 Cape Hillsborough to Yeppoon

On the way out of Cape Hillsborough we stopped at a Mangrove boardwalk. It was interesting walking through what started a bit rain foresty then turned to mangroves quite quickly. Initially the ground was dry and we commented that we thought there would be more water. Then all of a sudden there was this long wall of water (not very high but long) that we noticed motoring towards us. It was the tide coming through the trees and undergrowth. Just as well we were on a boardwalk because in a matter of minutes the whole area was a foot deep. What was also amazing was the number of fish that were pushing through as the water did. I'll put a photo in, but it doesn't really show what happened.

We then stopped at a place called Clareview on the coast to have some lunch but you couldn't even buy bread there, so it was a quick toilet stop then off again. There were some long very boring stretches where they even put trivia questions on signs on the side of the road to keep drivers from crashing. One was - What is the highest mountain in Qld? Do you know?

Eventually we made it to a small town called Malborough for some lunch. Right at the front of town was the motor mechanic 'Malborough Motors', but no Malborough Man anywhere to be seen.

A 50c cone at Rockhampton then onto our final destination for the day - Yeppoon. The kids were very excited to get to the caravan park at Yeppoon (Beachfront site)and run around crazy on the beach. The running around was so crazy, Teya (one of the kids we'd met up with, that we've mentioned in earlier blogs) nearly knocked me out while playing frisbee shortly after dusk on the beach. 2 bloodied and puffy lips later, it reminded of a night after Blazers (a Werribee nightclub) where a big Maori decided I needed a hiding.

Oh yes and I forgot to mention we found the biggest grasshopper we've ever seen - check this out.