Left Yeppoon / Cooee Bay after a leisurely one week stopover and headed south again for a Free Camp at Calliope River.
Calliope River Free Camp, Calliope
This is a magic spot, but everyone seems to know about it? After I took this picture, another twenty caravans turned up for the night!
Old Hume Highway across the Calliope River
Monday
Up early
and we’re off to Maryborough Showgrounds &
Equestrian Park near Hervey Bay.
Luck is our side. They had an equestrian event here recently and they weren’t allowing
camp / caravan sites until the 1st July ’13 . . . . . That’s today!
In April this year the Caravan & Motorhome Club of Australia (CMCA) had a rally at these showgrounds and there literally hundreds of motorhomes here;
Arriving just after 1:00pm we have the 4th pick of hundreds of sites.
We had to have some luck eventually? At $15.00 a night for powered, watered sites with hot showers, we can’t go wrong.
Tuesday
Decided to check out Maryborough & Hervey Bay to see any changes since we were here in 2010.
Maryborough is still rebuilding after the Jan 13 floods and the trees in the caravan parks on the Hervey Bay foreshore have been substantially thinned out. The storms in January would be one reason, but apparently the 'lorikeet roosting trees' were reduced long before the storm.
The lorikeets must have moved onto another spot, because we couldn't see one tarp over caravans and cars (three years ago 50% of the park at Scarness was using tarps because of the bird-poo problem)
Wednesday
Down the Hume Highway we trek again. Once we get past Gympie we've seen the last of the road works which are still repairing roads damaged in the floods.
After making good time on the road, we diverted to the popular Eumundi Markets where Nola is able to buy some fresh and cheap fruit & vegetables.
Arrived at Maroochydore (Maroochydore River Caravan Park) around 10:45am and after setting up camp, I dropped the Touareg to VW 'Roochy, so they can check out an annoying error fault light on my dashboard.
Thursday
Today we spent time checking out the area between Maroochydore to Mooloolaba. The beaches here are fantastic and with the school holidays still on, there were plenty of people holidaying on the coast.
Nola wanted some new bowls shoes, so we head off to Mooloolaba Bowls Club (which has a Bowls Shop) but more impressively is the undercover greens;
This is the envy of every other bowls club and must have cost a fortune? Apparently it was made by a local manufacturer at Maroochydore.
Friday
Heading south again to Brisbane to catch up with life-long friends Chez & John (Nola has known Chez for around fifty (50) years! Dinner at their place on Friday night. . . . we were spoiled rotten.
Saturday
The girls want to hit the shops and markets, so Roger & John decided to check out the Masters Home Improvement (MHI) store at Springfield.
John has worked for MHI for the last two years and will be working in their Tool Shop from next week (that's every blokes dream job).
Completely different to 'Bunnings' and their stores are air conditioned, tiled floors . . . . even has a Macca's and Café!
After Chez & Nola returned late afternoon (they had a ball) we were treated to a roast dinner from the McNamara's. It's just great to catch up with such close friends.
Maryborough Showgrounds - CMCA Rally in April this year.
Fortunately we weren't cramped for room (less than 10 caravans)
We had to have some luck eventually? At $15.00 a night for powered, watered sites with hot showers, we can’t go wrong.
Tuesday
Decided to check out Maryborough & Hervey Bay to see any changes since we were here in 2010.
Maryborough is still rebuilding after the Jan 13 floods and the trees in the caravan parks on the Hervey Bay foreshore have been substantially thinned out. The storms in January would be one reason, but apparently the 'lorikeet roosting trees' were reduced long before the storm.
The lorikeets must have moved onto another spot, because we couldn't see one tarp over caravans and cars (three years ago 50% of the park at Scarness was using tarps because of the bird-poo problem)
Whale-Watching Boat
We had lunch at the 'Boat Club' at Hervey Bay. This whale-watching boat was having work done on the bridge . . . so no cruises today.Wednesday
Down the Hume Highway we trek again. Once we get past Gympie we've seen the last of the road works which are still repairing roads damaged in the floods.
After making good time on the road, we diverted to the popular Eumundi Markets where Nola is able to buy some fresh and cheap fruit & vegetables.
Arrived at Maroochydore (Maroochydore River Caravan Park) around 10:45am and after setting up camp, I dropped the Touareg to VW 'Roochy, so they can check out an annoying error fault light on my dashboard.
Thursday
Today we spent time checking out the area between Maroochydore to Mooloolaba. The beaches here are fantastic and with the school holidays still on, there were plenty of people holidaying on the coast.
Mooloolaba Beach
Mooloolaba Undercover Greens - Bowls 365 days a year!
Our Bowls Club NEEDS one of these!
This is the envy of every other bowls club and must have cost a fortune? Apparently it was made by a local manufacturer at Maroochydore.
Friday
Heading south again to Brisbane to catch up with life-long friends Chez & John (Nola has known Chez for around fifty (50) years! Dinner at their place on Friday night. . . . we were spoiled rotten.
Saturday
The girls want to hit the shops and markets, so Roger & John decided to check out the Masters Home Improvement (MHI) store at Springfield.
John has worked for MHI for the last two years and will be working in their Tool Shop from next week (that's every blokes dream job).
Completely different to 'Bunnings' and their stores are air conditioned, tiled floors . . . . even has a Macca's and Café!
After Chez & Nola returned late afternoon (they had a ball) we were treated to a roast dinner from the McNamara's. It's just great to catch up with such close friends.
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