We left Marlborough just after 9am for Bundaberg.The tourist guide reads'
Bundaberg is a picturesque,modern,and progressive city renowned for the friendliness of its residents.The city is home to over 85000 people combining a mixture of big city facilities,services and small town hospitality and lifestyle,with a superb location and low cost of living. Bundaberg is located in the heart of a rich sugar and horticultural belt and is the commercial capital and hub of the region supporting a regional population of over 100,000.'
On our arrival in Bundaberg which was around 4 pm having taken a detour of the main Bruce Highway so we could have a look at Burren Heads we pulled into the main caravan park and found it was chocker block full! Nothing!
So we got the phone out and started to call some of the other places mentioned in the caravan book. We found out pretty quickly that Bundaberg was obviously a very popular place at this time of the year, plus it was the school holidays so we were in strife and thought we would have to stop off on the side of the road for the night. However on one of our last calls to the Glenlodge Top Tourist Caravan Park 8 kms out of town we found Brendon who said we could park in the front of his office on a spare bit of grass and he would run a power lead out to us and we could use the showers and toilets etc. just so we didn't have to be by the side of the road.
What a gentleman, nothing was too much trouble for him and to finish the saga he even found us somewhere better by putting us between two cabins and running a power lead out to us so we had some light etc. and as he had been unable to put us on a proper site he refused to charge us for the night. When you meet people like this it just makes travelling all that much more enjoyable. Thank you Brendon!
The next morning we went to thank Brendon and return the keys and with his directions to went to look for the Ginger Beer factory.
Nestled between two cabins giving which also gave us some protection from the strong winds that were blowing
Having purchased an assortment of 6 ginger ale non alcoholic drinks we made for the Bond Store where the Bundaberg rum is made.
We did the self guided tour and had our sample drinks, purchased a bottle of Liqueur and a bottle of rum and then headed out of town bound for Gympie on the Bruce Highway. We know Bundaberg has a lot more to offer but we now had decided we wanted to be home some time next week.
The Bundaberg Rum Factory
Bundaberg is a picturesque,modern,and progressive city renowned for the friendliness of its residents.The city is home to over 85000 people combining a mixture of big city facilities,services and small town hospitality and lifestyle,with a superb location and low cost of living. Bundaberg is located in the heart of a rich sugar and horticultural belt and is the commercial capital and hub of the region supporting a regional population of over 100,000.'
On our arrival in Bundaberg which was around 4 pm having taken a detour of the main Bruce Highway so we could have a look at Burren Heads we pulled into the main caravan park and found it was chocker block full! Nothing!
So we got the phone out and started to call some of the other places mentioned in the caravan book. We found out pretty quickly that Bundaberg was obviously a very popular place at this time of the year, plus it was the school holidays so we were in strife and thought we would have to stop off on the side of the road for the night. However on one of our last calls to the Glenlodge Top Tourist Caravan Park 8 kms out of town we found Brendon who said we could park in the front of his office on a spare bit of grass and he would run a power lead out to us and we could use the showers and toilets etc. just so we didn't have to be by the side of the road.
What a gentleman, nothing was too much trouble for him and to finish the saga he even found us somewhere better by putting us between two cabins and running a power lead out to us so we had some light etc. and as he had been unable to put us on a proper site he refused to charge us for the night. When you meet people like this it just makes travelling all that much more enjoyable. Thank you Brendon!
The next morning we went to thank Brendon and return the keys and with his directions to went to look for the Ginger Beer factory.
Nestled between two cabins giving which also gave us some protection from the strong winds that were blowing
Having purchased an assortment of 6 ginger ale non alcoholic drinks we made for the Bond Store where the Bundaberg rum is made.
We did the self guided tour and had our sample drinks, purchased a bottle of Liqueur and a bottle of rum and then headed out of town bound for Gympie on the Bruce Highway. We know Bundaberg has a lot more to offer but we now had decided we wanted to be home some time next week.
The Bundaberg Rum Factory
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