Day 69 Sunday 17/7/2016, soggy, damp, wet, sultry and record-breaking July (dry season) rains. It is still wet with a shower hourly. The roadsides are swamped, creeks are swollen and the Bruce Highway is cut further south at Marlborough. Our … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 69 – Atmospheric Mackay
Day 68 Saturday, 16/7/2016, Mackay, Oh Lord the sun is shining…briefly 21 degrees We wake to the sound of silence, no relentless drumming on the roof. It rained for 36 hours. Lunch is at the Austral Hotel downtown with the … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 68 – H is for Hospitality
Day 67 Friday, 15/7/2016, Cape Hillsborough to Mackay, bloody wet …and cold By the time we’d finished Woody’s birthday dinner last night we didn’t really notice the foul weather. It wasn’t until we woke up this morning that we noticed that the caravan leak has come back. It’s above the bed head and thankfully it isn’t too bad, just annoying. The rain hasn’t stopped for twelve hours. We pack up, which is considerably easier for me than Woody as all of his ‘blue’ jobs are outside in the rain and mud. As we drive into Mackay we pass the scene … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 67 – Soggy in Mackay
July 2018, Mackay, Qld While Woody fills the car with fuel I explore the Botanical Gardens. Intrigued by a large building jutting over the lagoon. The large building is in the shape of a Cooktown Orchid and houses the gardens … Continue reading Mackay Botanical Gardens
July 2016, Mackay, Qld Whilst visiting Mackay, friends who are involved in the underground coal mining industry took us out to see the Hay Point coal loading wharf which is one of the largest coal handling facilities in the world. … Continue reading Hay Point
Many street signs in Mackay, Qld have red lettering. These signs are streets named in honour of the casualties of both World Wars who were born, lived or enlisted in Mackay. Continue reading Mackay’s Red Street Signs
We’ve been invited over to our caravan mate’s place for afternoon tea. They live in a seventy year old Queenslander housein tropical Mackay. Now I’ve been busting to see inside one of these houses forever so I’m just a little excited. The inside walls are of vertical timber boards that stretch up to a ceiling that is 14 feet above. The windows are shuttered and doorways are crowned with fretwork. We have tea on the wide teak verandah overlooking the garden and the rain that tumbles down unceasingly. This is the dry season. Our friends describe how they use the … Continue reading Unseasonal weather
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