So we left Yeppoon relatively early and hit the road!
The road pretty much follows the rail the whole way out. On our trip we were intending to check out Bidgegang Weir (which a mate had told us about), we went through Dingo and went to go out there because Shan had heard there were HUGE Saratoga, but it turned out it was going to be a 160 km round trip, so we decided to leave the exploring for another time.
We trucked on and stopped at Bluff for some road-side lunch - who says camping isn't convenient!
It turns out that Bluff only got electricity in 1956! whoa! how did they use the internet without electricity??? From what I believe that was a good 15 years prior to Orbost, and who says QLD is backwards LOL!
Anywho……From there we went through Blackwater and Shan had heard about Bedford Weir, it was only 17 Kms or so off the highway so we decided to check it out - WOW!
From Blackwater it was upward and onward - well westward and um…westward!We got to Emerald and stocked up on supplies - there is a very tidy supermarket on the Eastern side of town.
We had booked a site at Lake Maraboon, the drive there saw us cross the dam wall (Fairbairn Dam), there were spots to stop at on the way across which was really lovely. The dam itself was only at 45.3%, the amazing thing about it though was the water colour, I'm sure the photos won't do it justice, but it was an amazing turquoise blue, imagine tropical salt water!
The park itself was great, though I tell you it is a small world! One site over from us was a mate of my dad's, and I went to school with their daughter when I was 11! Small world!
There was an Elvis sighting at the park the night we were there, I kid you NOT! There was actually an Elvis show there at the restaurant the night we stayed - you know you have hit the big time when you are doing caravan park tours!
Anyway the next post will be from Longreach! Till then…
The Wanderin' Watsons
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