LOST IN OZ: Tin Can Bay

8/7/11. Rung Joanne she is 45 years old today, we miss her on her Birthday as Jo and San share the same day.
Packed up and moved onto Tin Can Bay for a week, today is sunny and cool.
Tin Can Bay and Cooloola Cove are the gateway to the great sandy straight and Fraser Island (largest sand island in the world). You can hand feed the Dolphins at Norman Point - Tin Can Bay which is east of Gympie, the bay is built on a peninsula and close to world heritage listed Fraser Island.
There are a lot of good walks here, a good one San and I enjoy is the walk to Crab Creek.

15/07/11. We are leaving today and driving to Imbil, south of Gympie. We are staying on a Deer Farm (should be different )
It's cold and raining, this area was first discovered in 1850 by loggers, and a Township was began in 1914, there is lots of Forestry work still going on plus trucking.
After a week here we then drove to Kenilworth and camping in the showgrounds and only $14 bucks a night +$1 for a shower.
San rung Steve and Fiona, San is Fiona's God Mother, Fe is the Daughter of Margaret and Eddie from Wyralla in the Lismore area.
The town of Kenilworth was named after a lady who was reading a book called Kenilworth her name was Mrs Smith, and so the name of Kenilworth was named after the book, the aboriginal name for this place is Hinka Booma meaning the bush behind the beach as it is not that far from the Sunshine Coast.
Today we have met Fiona and going to Tibetan a Buddhist vegetarian Restaurant called Chenrezig, good meal but very plain.

23/07/11. headed out and drove to Redland Bay which is Close to Brisbane, only 4 Caravan sites here, the rest are taken by permanent residents. We are camped next to an Aquatic ski lodge, so there is a lot of activity going on in the water.

25/07/11. Packed up for another move this morning and drove over the Gateway Bridge and heading over the border

into N.S.W. and going to stay at Hastings Point caravan park.

Sandra is terrified of heights and this Bridge puts the wind up her, she unbuckles her seat belt and slides down her seat until we are on the down side of bridge.
The Gateway Bridge cost $140,000,000 to build - has 6 lanes each way and is 78.75 Meters tall and 850 ft in length.
Hastings Point is close to the Tweed Heads area, with good shopping, fishing, whale watching and surfing.
1/08/11. Drove into Lennox head caravan park for a stay but at $192 a week, a bit steep, we like the area and a bonus is the weather is warm and sunny. Fishing is also good with a few Dart, Whiting and some nice Bream.
8.08/11. Going to Wyralla today to house sit for our good friends Marg and Eddy as the are flying over to Denver for 5 weeks.

Will be having a lot of happy hours with Ed, Greg and Terry (beach ball), all good mates. I don't know how I will cope with the weather as it is now the middle of winter.
Even tho its raining Greg and Terry came over for a game of darts and a couple of beers. Margaret rang to say the are having a ball in the States and have camping up in the Rockies, called Ed and told him that a Calf was born yesterday.
Greg and Sharon came over too nut the bull calf, the little bugger kicked Sandra in the shin.
Last night the Koalas were mating all bloody night, they sure make a racket and a frigging Peacock squawking during the night, we did not get much sleep.
19/09/11. Left wyralla and homeward bound, calling into see rello's and friends on the way back.
21/09/11. Back in Budgewoi and staying in the local van park.
Visited Amie today so preggi now, she looks good

The rest of 2011 was spent doing the usual things, like catching up with friends,family,happy hours and moving around caravan parks - Budgewoi, The Entrance, Swansea and Belmont Pines.
See ya Back in 2012.