Kinka Beach

Last Saturday we left Mt Morgan negotiating The Range, which is a steep winding decent where we needed to change down to 2nd gear and increase the caravan brakes to put less stress on the Pajero and headed to Kinka Beach via Rockhampton. It was a relatively short trip with us pulling into the van park around 10.30am which gave us the rest of the day to explore the area after we settled into our site.

It has been seven years since we visited Yeppoon and the area has certainly changed, heaps of work happening along the foreshore and high rise buildings popping up along the esplanade, it is very busy and a really popular tourist destination. The beaches and the sea are so very inviting with the beautiful blue sky and the aqua marine water is very picturesque just a pity it is so tidal the water is a very long way out at low tide. After taking the scenic route into Yeppoon which is only 13klms from Kinka Beach we arrived back at the park just as  Leonie and Richard, who we met last year at Bargara were just checking in. They also have a Jurgens Lunagazer and we were lucky to have them right next to us in the park. We had hoped to catch up with them while we were at Bargara but due to family commitments they didn't arrive there until after we had left. We then arranged to meet them at Kinka Beach,  Baz and I had only planned on staying for two nights but ended up extending for another night as we were enjoying the company and of course the visit to the Bakery at Emu Park each day for morning tea. 

Baz and I headed off on Tuesday expecting to head West towards Emerald but by the time we had reached Rockhampton we had changed our minds, how very unusual for us! We are getting very indecisive these days we are having lots of trouble making destination plans. I think it is because we are now due to head south and we are not looking forward to the colder weather. So instead of heading inland we thought we would pop back in to see the kids at Gladstone one last time as we were only 100klms away, they said it was a lovely surprise to see us again (they sounded sincere).

Yeppoon

Singing Ship Emu Park

Richard, Leonie,Baz & Ginney

Anzac Memorial Emu Park

Transparent memorial of the Landing at Anzac Cove with
islands from the Keppel Group appearing
in the background 

Transparent Memorial of the Landing at Anzac Cove

View from Yeppoon looking towards where
the Fast Ferries leave for Great Keppel Island

Enjoying morning tea with Richard, Leonie & Ginney

Twins - not identical