Rockhampton to Bundaberg

Following the coast south from Rockhampton to Bundaberg through never ending sugar cane.

Rockhampton - on the Tropic of Capricorn and aside Queensland largest river the Fitzroy. Fleur and Ellie in the Great Western Hotel, only one of two pubs in the world with their own rodeo ring in the back room. Great Friday night entertainment. 

Caving in the Capricorn Caves crawling around in bat poo and owl spew and trying not to get stuck in the 'wedge' or 'whales blowhole'. Helps to be small and young.

Emu Park - The Singing Ship Monument which is dedicated to James Cook who sailed past this point in 1770 and named the area Keppel Bay and some of the offshore Islands. The sculpture is suppose to sing almost constantly because of the on-shore breezes but we couldn't hear it, perhaps the wind was in the wrong direction. Built to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of Cook's discovery of Australia. 

Yeppoon - A relaxing afternoon walking around the marina and deciding which boat we all liked best, perhaps when we win the lottery...

Sunset at the Town of Seventeen Seventy, the Birthplace of Queensland. So called because on the 24th May 1770 James Cook stepped ashore on only his second landing on the Australian continent after Botany Bay.

Bundaberg and the big bottle of rum outside of the Bundaberg Factory Rum Tour. An Australian Icon born out of the Queensland cane fields in 1888 the distillery still stands on its original site and produces 6 million litres of Rum each year of which nearly all is drunk in Australia. Only 4% gets exported out of the country.

The Bert Hinkler Museum. Bert was a pioneering Australian aviator and inventor born in Bundaberg. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia in 1928, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean.