Goovigen, Rockie and Bundaberg!

Goovigen is a very small town inland in Central Queensland one pub, one police station, no shop.

It’s very RV friendly - they allow parking up at the Sports ground for $5 per night (payable at the pub), very quiet and has free showers.

Onwards we motored to Rockie (Rockhampton) a much larger town. There is a common theme here, that the centre of the larger towns are really quiet because the shopping malls have moved a little way out, and that is where everybody goes to shop.

Below I spot some bikkies made especially for clowns.

While outside the birds once again are on the make for a few crumbs!

Hop it .... fly off will ya!

The centre of town on a Saturday afternoon...hardly anyone about!

We visited the Mystery Craters which is halfway between Bundaberg and Gin Gin is Australia's most baffling phenomenon. Since their discovery in 1971, the origins of the 35 oddly shaped craters have remained the subject of controversy. The mottled mixture of sandstone and ochre stain have been the subject of many investigations and various theories have been offered.

Apparently many experts from all around the world are totally stumped at this formation and can offer no reason or information on its formation...hence it`s called the “Mystery Craters”.

After spending a night in Bundaberg at another free parkup near the airport (but only allowed one night) we headed out 10kms to Woollum Reserve Rest Area. We met some hard core full time on the road grey nomads who had “been everywhere man” type Aussies. They even told me a lot about New Zealand.

I went for a morning walk through the loop track and found these amazing spider webs.



Multitiered, most unusual, I wish I knew more?

Back in Bundaberg which is another well spread out larger town, I went in search of a strap for my Ukulele. Of the three music shops in town. one was closing down and another had already gone, so musically not a great town inspite of its size (about twice the size of Nelson).

Even the footpaths are teeming with wildlife with startling colour.

Bundaberg Gallery had a fabulous exhibition by Stobie Porter who is a realist environmental painter.

I was most impressed with the emotional content and the realism.

His exhibition was called “Dry Rain” and is a social commentary on the recent drought in Queensland and NSW.

As soon as I saw this on the road map I just had to go there having lived at Rosedale in Upper Moutere for 38years.

A very sweet little town, a state school (three large school buses) one shop, one barbers shop (open by appointment) one tiny tea house and one pub.

Above the front door sign on the hall...caught my Scottish eye!

These are the huge seed pods of the Black Bean tree at the Bundaberg Botanical Gardens.

Very sticky seed on this grass/weed really stuck to my leg and was painful to remove!


The incredible red earth just outside Bundaberg getting ready for another sugar cane crop.

Onward we head, exciting things happened in Bundaberg, which will all be in the next Blog.

Till then...No worries mate!

Too easy...too easy!

Jimu & Christine