Our third road trip in Queensland after July 2020 (here) and October 2020 (here) – this time we’re heading north to Yeppoon and back inland for 2 weeks in another Apollo Euro Tourer. The map is here.
First stop – fresh Moreton Bay prawns straight off the boats at ShorncliffeMaleny Chocolates – we got a pack of mixed dark, yummy!Then Kenilworth Dairy for a cheese tasting packPrawns from Shorncliffe with chilli sauce on the BBQ at Little Yabba Creek Camping Area
Thursday 11 March: Kenilworth to Tin Can Bay via Noosa River 185km
We’d been kayaking on the upper Noosa River many times in the past. We returned by boat with a Everglades Eco Safaris tour from Elanda Point (now habitatnoosa everglades ecocamp) to Harry’s Hut. It was a dull, cloudy day on the way up and raining on the way back but the black tannic waters reflecting the bush are always beautiful.
School kids learning to kayak at the Kinaba Information Centre at the start of the everglades We stopped for a walk around Fig Tree Point, former Aboriginals meeting placePelicans on the Noosa RiverReflections of the bush in the dark waters of the upper Noosa River The water is black as tea with dissolved tannin from the treesComing back it started to rain
Tin Can Bay
Of course we had to have Tin Can Bay scallops for dinnerThere’s a nice walk along the coast at Tin Can Bay especially at sunrise
Friday 12 March: Tin Can Bay to Burnett Heads 225 km
We passed through Maryborough but didn’t stop. Click here for our photos from October 2020.
We had to go via Mamino Ice Cream near Childers (again) Traditional handmade ice cream in a variety of flavours with local macadamias
Elliot Heads
Bird feeding on the beach at Elliot Heads
Burnett Heads
Burnett Heads Historical Lighthouse Relocated from Moreton Island in 1873, operational at South Head until 1972Haven’t seen a Green Tree Frog for years
Bargara
We came to Bargara for the parkrun
Saturday 13 March: Burnett Heads to Seventeen Seventy 170 km
Bundaberg
Black Swan in the Baldwin Swamp Environment Park, BundabergBundaberg: Water Tower (1902), The Old Bundy Tavern (1917), Burnett Bridge (1898), Post Office (1890)
Rosedale
Rosedale is a small town (pop 438) between Bundaberg and the Town of 1770 The Rosedale Barber was fully booked today (Saturday)
Seventeen Seventy
Last time we were in 1770 there was no caravan park, or anything else. You just put up your tent on the beach. Well that’s the way I remember it. Things have changed but it’s still nice.
This goanna came out from under our van and ran up the treeBeach at 1770Crabs running across the beachA couple fishing at low tide at 1770Paddle boarder setting out across the bay at sunsetSecluded Beach on the Pacific Ocean side of 1770A short walk over the hill to see the sunrise
Sunday 14 March: Seventeen Seventy to Yeppoon 275 km
Miriam Vale
Miriam Vale Hotel (circa 1897)There is no COVID in Miriam Vale (pop 512) Confirmed by the local policeman when I did my 9am breathalyzer today Filling up at the Big Crab in Miriam Vale (no crabs anywhere near Miriam Vale)
Mount Larcom
I think we found the right toilets in the old cattle town of Mount Larcom (pop 361)
Yeppoon
A beautiful beach is almost 20 km long and not another person in sight Is there anywhere else in the world like Yeppoon? Fishing boats high and dry at low tideFan Rocks on Double Head were created 60 million years ago Kemp Beach, nestled between Double Head and Bluff Point
