Rockhampton – Keppel Sands
We made our 5th crossing of the Tropic of Capricorn at the Visitors Centre in Rockhampton where we stopped for lunch before travelling another 45 kms to Keppel Sands.
Keppel Sands is a small sea-side town on the edge of Keppel Bay. Great views of the Keppel Islands can be had from the lookout and the area is very popular with fishermen.
Emu Park, another small sea-side town and Yeppoon, a large tourist town are a comfortable day trip away via a pretty coastal beach side drive.
Rockhampton is a busy modern city but also has the well preserved remains of the riverside port which was the life blood of the area in the late 1800’s.
A great Botanic Garden can be wandered through and a small zoo is attached to the gardens which makes this area very popular with families for picnics and parties and many weddings are also held on the beautiful lush lawns.
After spending two enjoyable, relaxing weeks at Keppel Sands, meeting new friends and some we had met previously, Crawf unsuccessfully trying his luck at fishing and me catching up on this blog and writing letters, we continued our journey northwards to St Lawrence Recreation Grounds.
We spent two nights at this “free” camp site which appears to be occupied by about 80-100 vans and tents etc every night at this time of year. We left a donation in the box to help maintain this great facility. While there we had a “christening” of Crawf’s fire bucket with a few drinks and a chat with several of our new friends.
