How good is a lovely hot shower when you have been on the road three days - bloody marvellous - didn't want to get out, will be making the most of them while we are here.

 Arrived at Rocky this afternoon and at a fantastic c/van site  for two nights, right by the sea ( missed seeing the sea)  and has a huge lake as well, loves doggies too, called Coolwaters at Emu Park about 40km out on the way to Yeppoon, absolutely packed but we are down by the lake.  Weather has warmed up and happy to say this evening is measureably warmer than the last two have been.  Sat out side until 8pm tonight. So might be warmer in bed tonight.  Drove about 350kms today, in  fact that has been the average so far.

 Not sure about this long haul stuff and Jake is definitely not sure.  Misty is good and just curls up and goes to sleep but all Jake can see from the back is the front of the van bouncing around, they haven't had a decent 'blat' for three days, still they will be down the beach tomorrow and there is a wooded walk  at the back of the campsite, it is on 150 acres of land and is so clean, beaut. gardens, lovely pool, huge kitchen and even a campfire pit which was going tonight - great park for the kids too - lots to do and Emu Park town is only 10km up the road.

 Doggies did have a walk   around Maryborough park yesterday,   which is huge and well laid out and must look a picture in the spring with all the garden beds  - Love Maryborough, so old but well preserved with some really nice Queenslander houses and then we had lunch at Childers  another really pretty well maintained country town with one main street which is  treelined.  All the houses are neat as are the gardens, had a great lunch stop there in another park where the dogs had a good old rummage.

Last night we stayed at a freebie at Granite Creek, 27 kms south of miriam VAle, a nice site not too big stood around a campfire (which someone else had built) with a glass of wine, had to it was so cold, had thermals, jackets, beanies on and to sleep we had two blankets, a duna - and two furry animals......  it has been so cold at night, didn't realise it got so cold that far up, but by 8 am the sun is up and it is warming up nicely. Stopped at Miriam VAle for one of their famous pies  - for brekkie which were superb and lo and behold there was a market but this one was a real country market, ( unlike the Kingscliff one which is pretty commercialised and full of vintage clothing and soap stalls) not too big but had so many unusual things, was wonderful - especially as we just wandered into it.......  Just amazed at the length of the coal trains, saw about three today and each one must have had nearly 100 containers of coal being pulled.

There are so many travellers on the road, still.... they must make up 60% of traffic with trucks another 25% andthe rest is other traffic.

Jackie, if you are coming back down the coast road, there are a lot of roadworks and stoppages from Rocky down to Maryborough.

Have realised that there would have been no way i could have done this if my arm had still been in a sling.  Have had a couple of teething probs.with van.  Reason we went to M'boro was to get a new gas hose as original one was leaking gas, so we haven't had gas since we left.   Luckily Dave and Val have.  Also we are having a few probs. with the sway bars, David has flipped the towbar completely and upended the sways but they keep bending the 'R' clips, haven't stopped long enough to get a good look at them may have to wait until Bowen.

Anyway, time to hit the sack, the dogs are in their own beds at the moment - long may it last.  David says goodnight and it is good night from me as well signing off at 10.30pm from the mother ship.