Sweet, Sweet Bundaberg

We drove from Inskip Point to Hervey Bay to visit Dan’s Uncle David and Auntie Heather. We booked into a caravan park within walking distance to their house and once we were settled in we walked to their house for lunch.

We spent a great afternoon outside, having a delicious BBQ, cooked by David, sitting next to their pool and watching Will splash around.

Sam impressed Heather with his tech skills when he fixed a problem she had with her camera, and David was huge hit with the boys when he gave them some of his old fishing rods to keep.

We walked home in the dark with very full bellies after a really enjoyable afternoon.

We woke early the next day and went for a quick drive around Hervey Bay. It is a lovely place and one which we will come back to another day. But for now we are heading on to Bundaberg.

We camped at a free camp called Sharon Gorge Nature Reserve. It was a nice spot, with toilets, electric BBQs, and a pretty walk to a lookout over the Gorge. Unfortunately when we walked down there it started to pour with rain and we all got very wet!

Zaccy showing me his 'angry face'!

The boys found another great tree to climb

We got VERY wet on our walk!!!

We took a drive into Bundaberg and were very surprised at how spread out the town is. It made sense once we thought about it. Bundaberg is mostly made up of Sugar Cain Fields and in between each field is a small group of houses. We assume the residents of each group of houses is responsible / or was responsible for the surrounding fields.

We decided not to go in to the Bundaberg Rum Distillery but went past the building and got a few good photos.

We also drove past the Bundaberg Ginger Beer Factory and the Bundaberg Sugar Refinery.

We once again met up with our friends Mark and Amanda at the campground and had a BBQ dinner with them that night. After their trip into town, where Amanda stayed in the caravan and did some schoolwork with the kids, and Mark went on a tour of the Rum Distillery and sampled a few too many of the goods, Amanda had to drive the car and van back to the campsite. While driving they blew a tire on their van so spent the next morning getting it repaired.

While they were fixing their blow out, we went into the Botanical Gardens and went to the Bert Hinkler Museum.

 Bert Hinkler was an Australian aviator and inventor. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean

In the Hinkler Museum

Having a go on the flight simulator

Learning the quickstep.

We had lunch in the Botanical Gardens then headed off towards the town of 1770 where we will camp for the next week.

Bert Hinkler's house, relocated here from England