Sunday 30th May Agnes Waters

A  beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky. Sat outside and read the Sunday papers, the usual stuff, don't know why we bother some times.

After lunch went back down to the beach which we can see from our camp site and is only a 100 metres away.
The tide was up so swimming was easier with water being much deeper, however a short swim would get you out to one of the sand banks and you could walk with the water just covering your ankles. It created some small body surfing waves which I enjoyed along with Beatrice having a swim out of her depth. ( No she says she was floating in the shallows)

Put on our walking shoes again and drove out about 4 km along Springs Rd to the start of the Red Rock Walking Trail. The blurb said a reasonable amount of fitness is required as there are steep inclines,a boardwalk and stone steps, however the scenery is superb. We found the sign 'Reedy Creek' and drove down the 800 metres along the gravel track and then started the walk following the bollards marking the trail it
 was really quite superb, we walked the boardwalk and the trail down to the beach and walked along for 500 mtrs to the next part of the trail which was a winding path up and over the headlands. Here were the stone steps and the steep inclines but it was all worth it as we could see for miles up and down the coastline.

 It must have been just as it was before white man set foot on this part of the world, except of course for the signs and the marked paths which are necessary to stop the erosion of the bush. We crossed over the headlands making it almost to the end of the trail and then decided to head back as we were mindful of the early sunsets and didn't want to be caught trying to find our way back in the dark.

On returning to the car quicker than we thought and with some daylight left we drove back down the 800 mtrs to the road and then  further along to the Deepwater National Park.  We wanted to see how the owners of the multi million homes accessed their properties which we could see as we walked the track. It seems that it would have been through a heavy timber gated entrance which was all controlled with intercoms and very very private.
With that we headed back to Agnes Waters to stop off at the Caltex garage to fill up ready for our departure tomorrow morning.
Well, having been here last year and having had another good look around we both agree that 1770-Agnes Waters has a lot to offer and our visit has once again been very enjoyable.

Hervey Bay to Agnes Waters 26th May

Woke up to a beautiful morning after the rain of yesterday. Not a cloud in the sky and with the sun drying out our canvas covers we were able to pack up the Jayco. At 9.15 am we pulled out of the Australiana C.P with Tom Tom set for Agnes Waters. Not a long drive today as we only had 250 k's to do making our arrival around 2.30 without any stops. Having decided not to go into Bundaberg we headed for Childers where we would stop for our coffee. The country side looked good with it all looking quite green as a result of the rain that had fallen recently. The cane fields now appeared to be the main crops we saw with the sugar industry being the main employer of the local work force.

We drove through Childers as we had spent a few days here around about the same time on our trip last year. We pulled over not long after to stop at a freebie overnight travellers stop for our morning break. Here we chatted to a family of Mum & Dad and 2 daughters 10 & 8 who had been on the road for 5 months and intended to make it a year of travelling around the country. The girls were doing their 3 hours of schooling with Mum being the school mistress. Dad (Steve) was very interested in our X-trail as he had a similar car and was keen to know how we found it handled the work load pulling a caravan. We could only give a good report as we really hadn't had any problems, which made him feel much more confidant about his car, which he also found to be up to the job. Bidding our farewells we continued on to Gin Gin for next our next stop.

Here we visited the tourist information bureau to pick up some more recent maps and info about the region.

Not long after we pulled into Agnes Waters and checked in and finding a site a 100 mtrs from the beach. Probably a little bit too commercial for us, however we wanted to be near somewhere we could watch the State of Origin game in the evening.

Enough said, we lost and being in the heart of the Queenslanders it was in good humour that they gave it to us with their whistles and hoots whenever they scored. Still in was good fun and Beatrice even managed to down a few schooners of beer and actually (enjoyed) watching the game.