Day 8 c to b

We finally are in a camp site with some reliable wi-fi - it's been a bit frustrating not being able to update things - for the last few days we have been told the wi-fi isn't working at the moment ........ Grrrrr

Anyway we've traveled about 1300k in the last week and have about 400 to go before we get to Brisbane. 

It's been an interesting week - there hasn't been much change of scenery for about 1000k of that. When you've seen one sugar cane plantation you've kind of seen them all! We've found some nice beachfront camp sites to stay at and finally made it to the Barrier Reef. 

Our worst night was a couple of days ago - we stopped at a pull in next to the highway because we'd  been driving most of the day - we went to the local hotel for a drink and something to eat and hit the sack at around 9.00 - that's quite a late night for us - but we have been up and about at between 5.00 and 7.00 every day. What with the noise of the road trains on the highway and the 50 wagon trains on the railway line 50 yards away - oh and the mosquitoes - it wasn't a good nights sleep to say the least. 

We are at Hervey Bay tonight and are going out to Fraser Island tomorrow.

This is where we stayed in 1770 - that's a town.

Some pics from the Barrier Reef trip

Turtles

These are an interesting story - on the island there are basically 2 things - birds and trees - the birds are mainly Black Noddies - they eat the seeds from the trees, but trees protect themselves with a sticky gum - this gets on the birds and they get little twigs and other debris stuck to them and then they can't fly so they die - the bodies decompose and the seeds that are in their stomachs fertilise and grow into new trees - isn't nature a clever thing?

The Noddies 

A Noddie that's been at the sticky seeds

Finally - at last the kangaroos are out and about