Australia
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Day 178 – A Quoll-ity day
We have some left over pizza slices from last night so we enjoy that with a coffee for breakfast Out of the motel only 20 minutes late and then a little hop to an adjacent street for the Alexandra Zoo It’s a very little tourist spot with a couple of exhibits for various Aussie breeds…
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Day 177 – Rum-ing around Bundaberg
Nice, leisurely morning with Dave being a gent and making brekkie of hot cross buns and some coffee We get up and get a recommendation of a local delicacy as we leave our place to stay so head off in the car First stop is back at the 1770 Marina – the 1770 Marina Cafe…
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Day 176 – Otter way to start the day
We are out and about and our first visit in Rockhampton is to the Zoo and Botanical gardens It’s free entry so we aren’t expecting much, but it’s actually a good zoo with a wide variety of animals ranging from Emus to Chimpanzees, Meerkats, Dingos, Koalas and even Otters!!!???? We stay for the Otter feeding…
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Day 175 – Take me down to Rockhampton city
Coffee, a hotel cross bun each and get ready as we have to check out and do a big lug of driving today Make a coffee for the road too to get us to Sarina First stop is some lunch at Natalesha’s Cafe: egg’s benny and banana and maple syrup pancakes Get on the road…
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Day 174 – Sailing the Whitsundays
Up early this morning, we’ve a boat to catch! We notice some rawkus outside our window Turns out we have a couple visitors sheltering from the showers Some porridge, coffees and showers to meet our shuttle – only a couple minutes late too ???? – we’re the first to be collected The bus carts us…
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Day 173 – Cooking amongst a crusade of Cockatoos
Lazy Sunday for us – first in a long while Dave is up earlier than Daisy not being able to sleep: he plays some Mario (on Mario day, Mar10 ????) on the Switch, watches some Flash, etc. Eventually, Daisy awakes and starts the day too We enjoy the start of Big and then hunger strikes…
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Day 172 – All around Airlie Beach
Wake up with the usual coffee and porridge Have to do a little admin as well as adding an extra couple nights to our stay here as our boat trip around the Whitsundays will now be on Monday Get ready and grab the local bus into town ($4.80 each for the day) to catch the…
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Day 171 – A couple of big things
Wake up with a couple coffees and working out some breaks along the way of driving today Out the door, we pop to a charity shop briefly for Daisy and into Woolies for some snacks Now we can get started – drive about an hour to get us to Plantation Park, in Ayr They have…
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Day 170 – Magnetic Koalas
Our first stop of the day is a 20 minute walk from the hotel – the Sealink ferry terminal It’s hot out, the ferry terminal is rammed We grab coffees and board to the top deck 20 minutes and we arrive at Nelly Bay on Magnetic island – home to the largest population of Koalas…
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Day 169 – When it rains, it pours!
Wake up to a very heavy downpour of rain – several in the night too – we have been told more than a few timea that Queensland’s wet season is very wet! Have a coffee and some porridge each before shower to exit our cabin into the natural showers Grab another coffee to go from…