We are in Rockhampton

Its been a few days since I last posted as we've been out of range of telephones and internet. Also newspapers, with only local rags with no real news other than Grace resigning from the league administration after 25years and what will they do now?

Firstly, for those of you who have told us they have made comments on the blog, I think you have to register as a follower of this blog, in order for us to see your comments.

Since we left Fraser Island we have spent time in Hervey Bay, Cania Gorge National Park and two nights at Blackdown Tablelands National Park.

We arrived in Rockhampton this afternoon after a morning in Mount Morgan. Sadly, I have to report that Mount Morgan looks the same as it did when we last visited in the early 90s. It has enormous potential to become a tourist destination, like Maryborough, which I didn't mention we had been to, but it just hasn't developed. Its still very economically depressed and the buildings are in the same dilapidated state as they used to be. Maryborough, on the other hand, looks fantastic and really spruced up and interesting. Did you know that P L Travers was born, and lived there for 24 years? Do you know who P L Travrs is? That is the non-de-plume of the lady who wrote the 6 Mary Poppins books. Very topical.

Anyway, as you know, Rockhampton is on the Tropic of Capricorn nd when we got out of the car at the very spot where we move from a temperate zone to a tropic zone - than it was hot! 25 degrees! I had to hurriedly change into shorts and a singlet.

The photos are Maryborough City Hall, me and Mary and the pool at Rainbow Falls at Blackdown Tablelands.