Calliope - Yeppoon - Monto

Sunday was lovely – hot and sunny.   We took the bikes out for a run, had ice cream and just chilled for the rest of the day.

Camp at Calliope River

Monday morning we packed up and then got the surf skis out for a trip up the Calliope River before heading for Yeppoon.   It was great – so glad we did it.

Dinner Guest

Nightfall

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The view at breakfast

Brahminy and Juvenile

Monday arvo we arrived at a rather dull Yeppoon.  Headed out to Byfield National Park and set up camp.   We had only just got the tent up when the rain started.   We had monsoonal rain,were surrounded by croc infested rivers and and their were swarms of Ross River Mossies wanting to get their little stingers into us.  It was a nightmare!!  But hey – we are roughy toughy campers so we just sat under the awning and smiled.  It wouldn’t last after all!!  It was torrential all night and we got wet.  We checked out the forecast on our trustee Laptop and decided to move off straight away – it looked quite foreboding.  It stopped raining long enough for us to pack up and boy were we glad we did.  The heavens opened again and we just headed for Yeppoon and breakfast!!

So, not a good time for us and we were really sorry not to see the Byfield NP under better circumstances – I’m sure we will go back in the future.

After breakfast we found a shower in one of the toilet blocks on the sea front – you have no idea how good those cold showers were!!

We decided to head in land towards Monto to have a look at Cania Gorge and more importantly get away from the rain.  Steve got breathalysed on the way here but as it was only 3 pm he was good to go!!  So, today – Tuesday, we have found a campsite with a cabin – which has a great place to dry the tent out and all our wet gear.  I have done the washing, we’ve had dinner and are now relaxing with a glass o wine.  It’s not the best place in the World.  I wont put anything on the floor and we are using our own utensils but the bed looks ok.  Most of all we have a shower and we are going to make full use of it.  Who knows what is happenng tomorrow.  Oh, Steve says I forgot to mention Rockhampton so now I’ve mentioned it!!!