Tin Can Bay
Pouring rain all the drive up and areas north were flooded.
Dreadful burger at Hungry Jacks
Good seafood pizza from local pizza shop in Tin Can Bay
2016-07-17_Bagara
Sun 17 Jul
Dolphin feeding at Tin Can Bay
Cooloola coast (inc cemetery)
Bargara overnight
2016-07-18_Yeppoon
Monday 18 Jul
Rosedale (inc cemetery)
Yeppoon overnight x2
2016-07-19_Yeppoon
Tue 19 Jul
Off to a train museum for the train head (Kerry). Kerry was counting coal train carriages yesterday (104 with 3 locos).
Then Mt Chalmers where Kerry's ggrandmother had a boarding house and a drive along the coast.
Cawarral cemetery
2016-07-20-Mackay
Wed 20 Jul
To Mackay for 3 nights
2016-07-21-Mackay
Thu 21 Jul
Museum
Out thru Mirani, Marian. Playstowe. Finch Hatton, Eungella, Eaton
2016-07-22-Mackay
Fri 22 Jul
Mackay port
Northern beach suburbs, Slade Point. Dolphin Point, Eimeo
Habana, little towns amongst the cane
2016-07-23-Townsville
Sat 23 Jul
Proserpine
Bowen
Home Hill
Ayr
Townsville (at the Strand)
2016-07-24-Townsville
Sun 24 Jul
Warm here. We are staying on "the Strand" and that is the destination for Townsville today. Went to army museum at far end, struggled for a park with dog show adjacent.
Then to south townsville for maritime museum. Much quieter this side of the river
2016-07-25-Townsville
Mon 25 Jul
Museum of tropical qld. Have a very big exhibit of a ship wrecked in 1791 that they have recovered a lot from (Pandora).
Also a lego exhibition by friend of Kerry, Ryan McNaught.
Very few lunch options, Townsville seems dead.
Aquarium this afternoon.
2016-07-26-Cardwell
Tue 26 Jul
Drove up castle hill this morning, but the thing to do is walk up. Dozens of people on the road.
On way to Cardwell, via Ingham. Stopping at moment at "Frosty Mango". I'm having diabetic mango ice cream, and Kerry is having sapote ice cream.
Ingham mill
Lucinda Point and nearby mill
Cardwell
Telegraph station jail and courthouse
Lookout
Cardwell O/N
2016-07-27-Cairns
Wed 27 Jul
Tully
Mill operating
Cassowary beside road - but didn't get a photo
Mission beach
Cane train and harvesting
Banana growing and roadside stall
South Johnstone mill
Innisfail
Babinda
Gordonvale
Palm Cove
2016-07-28-Cairns
Thu 28 Jul
Tank and artillary museum
Lobster mornay in carpark restaurant - girl had worked on trawlers. Museum built by owner of seafresh
Skyrail to Kuranda
2016-07-29-Cairns
Fri 29 Jul
Hartley crocodile farm
Port Douglas
Mossman
Daintree
2016-07-30-Cooktown
Sat 30 Jul
To Cooktown
Mt Molloy
2016-07-31-Cooktown
Sun 31 Jul
Captain Cook museum
Botanic garden
2016-08-01-Cooktown
Mon 1 Aug
Local museum
Cooktown Cemetery
Bloomfield (turned around 30 k from cape tribulation where turned to dirt)
2016-08-02-Atherton
Tue 2 Aug
Mareeba
Arriga sugar mill
Over-promising coffee roaster
Yunguburra
Atherton where there are fires in the forests to the s/w
Staying in Atherton
2016-08-03-Atherton
Wed 3 Aug
Herberton
- Spy & camera museum
- Historic village
Old Carrington cemetery
- Alex McGraw
- Trevenen James and Susan
2016-08-04-Atherton
Thu 4 Aug
Atherton pioneer cemetery
Chinese temple & museum in Atherton
Herberton railway museum
Herberton mining museum
Herberton pioneer cemetery (Rose st)
Ravenshoe
2016-08-05-Townsville
Fri 5 Aug
Malanda milk museum
Malanda falls
Milla milla falls
Milla milla cemetery
Innisfail
O/n Townsville
2016-08-06-Charters_Towers
Sat 6 Aug
Headlight problem so went to auto electrician. It is jointly run by Dean Archer of the Charters Towers Archers who has David's birthday.
Mingela cemetery
Ravenswood heritage buildings, mine and cemetery
Sellheim cemetery
Historic photo run around Charters Towers
O/n Charters Towers
2016-08-07-Clermont
Sun 7 Aug
Clermont (incl cemetery)
Copperfields cemetery
O/N Clermont
2016-08-08-Emerald
Mon 8 Aug
Mosquito infested Blair Athol cemetery
Peak Downs cemetery inc transcript for Capella
Lilyvale township and cemetery memorial
Capella war memorial
Rubyvale cemetery
Rubyvale, Saphire
Saphire cemetery (mosquitoes)
O/n Emerald
2016-08-09-Springsure
Tue 9 Aug
Comet incl Leichhardt dig tree and cemetery
Emerald train station
Fairbairn dam
Springsure
O/N Springsure (census night) 2 nights
2016-08-10-Springsure
Wed 10 Aug
Springsure cemetery
Kerry drives 4wd only track to Springsure lookout on Mt Zamia (Minerva hills national park)
2016-08-11-Roma
Thu 11 Aug
Springsure fortified store closed thu
Staircase range lookout
Rolleston (incl cemetery)
Injune pioneer cem
Looked at Injune (200 graves?)
Old Injune coal mine
Overnight Roma
2016-08-12-Dalby
Fri 12 Aug
Hodgson
Wallumbilla (cem too big)
Yuleba (cem too big)
Jackson cemetery
Old Miles cem incorporating Blackley private cem
Miles
Chinchilla (pioneer cem too big)
Chinchilla (cem too big)
Brigalow cem
http://www.ourwesterndowns.com/surrounding-towns-chinchilla
O/n Dalby
2016-08-13-Dalby
Sat 13 Aug
Tara and cem too big
Moonie cem
The Gums cem
Condamine cem
Original Condamine cem
Condamine river
Kogan
O/N Dalby
2016-08-14-Toowoomba
Sun 14 Aug
Cecil Plains homestead
Cecil Plains cem
Aubugny lutheran cam
Aubugny Catholic cam
Toowoomba
Wellcamp airport