Bargara Beach,,,,,cont

While Carlene and Rex were here with us at Bargara we rang Maxine and Henry whom we had met at the bowls club back home, and caught up with them for a drink. They have a beautiful unit on the Esplanade over looking the water. Maxine has organised for Bazza and myself to play bowls on Sunday at Elliot Heads bowls club, it will be an early start for us as we are meeting them outside their unit at 8.10 am ! Bazza thinks he may have trouble getting rigamortis there on time. Monday we are playing in the Turkey Triples here at Bargara, that is a later start after lunch, so should not be such a problem.

We have been into the Bundy factory and stocked up on our supply of their Royal Liqueur to take home, another six bottles.

This morning we thought we would go for a 6klm ride on our bikes out past Mon Repos Turtle Rookery, we must have been nearly there when I thought it is getting very hard to keep up with Bazza, only to find I had a puncture ! Lucky we had a pump with us so after a few choice words from the old boy I was told to peddle as quick as I could back to the caravan park, before it went flat again. Will have to try that ride again now my puncture is fixed as it was an interesting track.

This afternoon we went for a drive out to Elliot Heads and on the way drove up to the lookout, where there was a panoramic view over cane fields across to Bargara.

Bunderberg/Bagara Beach

We left Callopie Tuesday travelling to Bargara Beach Caravan Park, after spending 2 nights at Callopie free camp. We only passed 2 wide loads on the 288 km trip, one donga (6.5m wide), and a mine truck (5.5m wide). The weather was overcast but warm, but since we been here at

Bargara we have had continuous rain and a big bit cooler, only 16 deg yesterday!! As the weather was not the best thought we would go and have a look at the Hinkler Hall of Aviation, which is dedicated to Bert Hinkler who was a pioneer pilot from Bunderberg who flew from England to Australia solo in 1928. Also next to the Hall is Hinkler House (Mon Repos) which was dismantled in England and relocated and reassembled in Bert's birth place of Bunderberg.

We had a surprise visit from Carlene and Rex who are staying here at Bargara for two nights before heading down to Hervey Bay.

Callopie

Yesterday we left Rockhampton heading a little further south, diverting into Gladstone and seeing the coal loading wharf area and just a short drive around the town before heading off to the free camp out at Callopie. We had planned only to stay here the one night, but as it is such a clean green area have decided to spend a second night before we travel onto Bundaberg, where we are booked in at a caravan park out at Bargara Beach. Yesterday when we arrived there was a market being held at the Heritage Village just above where we are camped. so it was left to Bazza to set up while I went for a look at lots of handcrafted wares. We also had another surprise as just after pulling in Bridget & Don who we had met at Seaforth pulled in along side of us. We have said goodbye to them four time already, but we keep coming across each other along the way after Seaforth it was Theresa Creek Dam, Emerald, Bedford Weir and now again here at Callopie. It is not even because we are travelling the same route as they have been going a different way to us, just ending up in the same places, tonight I am cooking a roast of pork as a farewell dinner.

This morning we had a ride around on our bikes to check out the area, we are camping on the northern side of the river so we went for a ride over to the other side and have decided that we are in the better spot. On the way back to the van we cycled up the hill and enjoyed a coffee and hot chocolate at the little kiosk at the Heritage Village. Last night one of our fellow campers counted the vans and motor homes here and there was 87 just on this side of the river.