Thursday 9th
Just as hot today so did a wee drive around, went and saw Dons sister who lives here and we had tea over there place. I just love the signs that I have seen on our travels. The country people are so nice all have the time to chat.
Some of the signs, note the great deal at van park and its amenities are great.
Flash church.
Self explanatory. Table and seats in the middle of the road.
Famous White Bull.
Wednesday 8th
So nice just sitting listening to nothing having breakfast. The fire truck camp in and I went and spoke with the chap, he comes and fills the water tank up, cleans out the ablution block. Real nice person. We headed off to Aramac, popped into Pentland, checked it out and headed off down the Aramac/Torrens road, very wide, red road, temperature was 40 degrees. Had a good run and not many vehicles on this road, I just love the way the landscapes change. Had morning tea under a trees, boy it was hot. I did some driving today, did 180 km into Aramac, good practice in case I need to. Here’s a few photo’s to tell the story.
Red dirt roads. Was quiet soft in places.
Campasepe River bed. Train bridge in foreground.
Flat country side along the way. So many extremes.
Back on the dirt.
Begining of the Torrens/Aramac road from Pentland.
Our destination second from bottom.
Pentland Hotel, could tell a story or two.
Camp site at Campasepe, they had not long done a burn off.
Lovely chap from Pentland doing his rounds and jobs.
At Aramac it was the evening of the moon eclisps, this is my effort.
Monday 6th – Tuesday 7th
Monday was sorting, packing and stocking up for heading west.
Tuesday we headed off at 10.30 am and going to the Campasepe River camping spot. Before we headed off the tree loppers arrived and I got some shots of them doing there work. Had a good run thru, camp site is nice and roomy, shade and nice toilets etc, no showers. River was dry and they had not long done a burn off.
Star trails. Campasepe River.
Tree Loppers at work at the relations place.
Toilet block, rubbish bins, parking and camping. Campasepe River.
Apostile birds at Charters Towers Dump point area, so hot this day.
Columbia mine shaft entry. Charters Towers.
Loved this, on the way today.
Macrossan River and rail bridge, big camping area here.
Macrossan camping. This is not far out of Charters Towers.
Sunday 5th
Went for a drive up to Paluma, called in at Little Crystal Creek Falls, great water holes and water falls. Then onto Birthday Creek Falls, then went to Paluma Dam Camping area. Spent time here and on way home called into Big Crystal Creek Falls. This is a nice area to camp if one didn’t want to go up the range. Called into Balgal Beach, wow I really loved this beach area and the camping looked good. Trees, toilets, estuary and surf.
Ocean at Balgal Beach, Rollingstone.
Estuary at Balgal Beach and camping area.
Big Crystal Creek Camping.
Paluma Dam and camping.
Walk down to Birthday creek falls.
Little Crystal Creek Falls.
The Arch at Little Crystal creek falls.
Picnic tables along the river bed. Little Crystal creek falls.
Big boulders along the river from the Little Crystal Creek Falls.
The Arch is huge, the person gives it perspective.
Friday 3rd – Saturday 4th
Lots of visiting, and catching up with how my granddaughter is doing in Canberra hospital, also clean up the campertrailer. Then on the Saturday we went to Townsville to Kissing Point to see the Army Museum but it was closed, so we off out to Ross River Dam. Was a bit disappointing as one cant really just drive to the water, picnic area is at the bottom of the Dam wall, We went and found a way to climb up and take a look as to if there was any water or what, hey big surprise, was really nice, what a waste that people cant go and enjoy this. Here are a few panorama images as its so huge it was the best way to shoot them.
This was a wetlands on the way.
Top of the levy banks to the Ross River Dam as is the other two.
Tuesday 30th – Thursday 2nd October
Over these couple of days we have spent visiting friends and family so not a lot of photos, but here are some.
Lots of street lighting so not the best star trails, But fun doing all the same.
Yellow water in the strand water fountains. Townsville.
Very Yellow Bus
Monday 29th
Happy birthday to my eldest son, big 50. 🙂
After getting a few things done around the camper we headed off to Cape Bowling Green, packed lunch as we know it will be an all day tiki-tour. There is camping at the National park but is pretty ordinary and heaps of midges. Went into Cungulla, what a lovely place, sat by the estuary, a lady was throwing out a round net, was dam good at it as well. Heaps of Brahminy kites and ospreys soaring, lovely to watch. Camels with dwarf cows and bulls, the cows were jet black and I didn’t get a good photo.
A Storm Bird or Pheasant Coucal.
Rocks everywhere here just like at Magnetic Island.
Bush after the fire, looks so nice and green new growth.
Part of the salt pans as we enter the road to Cape Bowling Green
Camel
Brahminy Kite
Lady throwing out her net. This is at Cungulla. Salt Pans,
Saturday 27th – 28th
Spent time with Dons family so no photos to put on web except one wee frog.
Friday 26th
All cleaned up and ready to take the key back, our last day on Magnetic, it has been such a wonderful time. Love everything about the place. The people are all so friendly and have the time to say hello or chat.
Port of Townsville on our return from Magnetic Island.
Nelly Bay where the barge leaves from. Looking back at.
Scooters are the thing to get around the island on and not all young ones either.
This house was built around the rock, this is the front entrance. Some rocks are just to big to move.
Once again the house is built around the rocks.
House perched on the rocks, it is steeper than the photo shows.
Thursday 25th
Happy Birthday to my Grandson.
Got up really early packed lunch, water etc.. and headed off over towards Horseshoe Bay to do the Forts walk. It was a medium to hard grade walk so took our time, had lots of stops as we took many photos along the way, here are a few, far to many to pop on the web site. A lot of history with these Forts.
What a great bonus, Mother Koala
Another bonus, baby koala
Ladders to reach the platform at the Fort.
View from the Fort. Horseshoe Bay
Looking across to the 2nd Fort from the 1st Fort.
This doesn’t really show how steep, but it is a good climb.
Art work around the notices, Ants, thank goodness they are NOT that big, do wonder when they bite you. 🙂
Large rocks every where.
Steep descend and very wavy.
Gun emplacement
View from 1st gun emplacement, Think this is Radical Bay.
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