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We had a short drive from Mackay to the rest area just east of a small town called Nebo. On the way we saw our first Black Boys (Grass Trees) but unfortunately there were none at the actual rest area although there are some gum trees that are of ...
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Our trip back to Mackay was uneventful and thankfully all downhill. We stopped to take a picture of a typical sugar mill – this one at Marian…lots of steam which looks impressive against the very blue sky.
On arrival back at Mackay...
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On Tuesday we woke early at 0630 to head up to Broken River to check out the platypus. These animals are of the monotreme family just like the Echidna, being egg layers like a reptile but suckle their young like a mammal so they ended up in the m...
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Due to the 9am checkout time at the caravan park we had a nice early start on the road to Eungella and after a quick adjustment of the Shitter and Van tyre pressures (finally managed to do to correct pressures cold) we were on the road heading west fro...
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The decision we had to make on reaching MacKay was where to stay. It would have to be a caravan park and there are two reasonably close (2km or so) to the CBD so we opted to try the Central Tourist Park on the North side of the city. With a...
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