OH NO! Cyclone warning

Hi guys, I am finally back with more news and photos.

On the 11 May we went to the Eungella National Park on our motor scooters. We rode up a really steep and winding mountain road to get there.

After lunch we went on a short rainforest walk and saw little brown birds called finches and we saw a bush turkey in the scrub. It was really cool walking through the rainforest and there were huge trees with massive buttress roots to hold them onto the ground.  There were also strangler vines growing around and up the trees. I could hear birds calling.

When we finished the walk we had  another walk along Crediton Creek and were lucky to see a baby platypus swimming and diving.  It was really fast at swimming.  There were also lots of turtles in the creek. 

After the walks we went to a cafe and I had a chocolate frappe and it was so creamy and yummy. From the café we saw an unreal view right down over the valley, villages and crops of sugarcane.  There was also a take off ramp for hang gliders to take off from.

On the 12 May we left Gargett and travelled east to Mackay and from there we travelled north to Bowen Visitor Centre where I had my photo taken with a huge mango sculpture and I had a cookies and cream icecream…YUM!

From Bowen we travelled north west to Home Hill for our next camp spot.  Home Hill is a nice spot luckily alongside the railway line.

Today we rode 8km south to Charlie’s Hill.  On the top of the hill there are two cement bunkers which were built during World War II and designed to detect approaching enemy planes and alert neighbouring radar stations.  They were built of cement so that the enemy’s bombs would not damage them.

From Charlie’s Hill we rode to Mt Inkerman to get really good view of the countryside and surrounding ocean.  I saw a cruise ship.  I went really fast with Pop down the steep mountain road. 

My really exciting news is that a cyclone might be crossing the coast around Townsville which is very close to here.  I will keep you updated.

Till next time

Auf Wiedersehen

 View from Eungella Cafe

 View from Mt Inkerman