Wednesday

Two nights in Rockhampton and we are on the move. Yesterday we went to Stockland shopping centre that is built over a river..WOW what a beauty. Girls found Spotlight and we walked around having a good look around the centre. mate needed to talk to telstra about his dead mobile and an 8 year old consultant worked out that it had not died, had a software malfunction that automatically turned this model off, he recharged it and it's as good as new..Drove out to Yeppoon after lunch at the Foodcourt and on to Emu Park. This area is where the Keppel ferries leave from for their trips to the Keppel group of islands. Parks are full, "Like--NO VACANCY" signs out the front. Bloke next to us in the rocky park was told "come back at the end of August"----Nice. More rain overnight that put a big bulge in our awning. That'll teach me for not lowering one of the legs. anyway, all okay. pack up this morning and head North. raining as we left and four more wide loads all with mining equipment heading to Nebo, near Mackay. Stopped at Clairview for lunch in the van, a quick toilet stop and it's still raining. Off towards Mackay but luckily  I booked a site at a small park about 90 klms south of Mackay at Carmila. Luckily, there is no bowls club here or it would be Carmila Park Bowls, wouldn't it? Able to get into a park for two nights in Mackay for tomorrow, we were told that they were also all booked out, mining is an issue here, no doubt about it.