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 again and pass an interesting sign

There’s claim of a Dugong Sanctuary at Claireview

What they actually mean is that Claireview is an active and recognised Dugong protection area

We stroll along the beach where there’s a mangrove forest; no sightings of Dugongs for us but we’re glad they’re appreciated ????

Carry on to nearby Marlborough where we swap drivers and enjoy a leg stretch

The final decent into Rockhampton City we checkin to our “granny flat” for the night and head for dinner

Royal Punjabi Tandoori Indian Bar And Restaurant Rockhampton treats us to a Chicken Tikka Massala, Murgh Madra, Peshwari Naan and Keema Naan – plus a job of babysitting the chefs daughter ????

Acceptable, yet not brilliant, Indian as we have come to accept around Aus

We head on back for the end of the night