YAAMBA

We got up earlier than usual this morning in order to be one of the first away
from our camp as there are alot of caravans heading north we are not sure if
the camps ahead of us will support that many vehicles. So we topped up our water and
were away at 8.15am and passing Caliope River, headed for Rockhampton 
where after passing through the Tropic of Capricorn we refuelled (Diesel $1.499),
and carried on through the city and a further 35kms north to our planned camp at a rest stop 
in a small township called Yaamba, arriving here at 11am we found only three other vehicles
already here. But just as well we got here earlier than most because they continued
to arrive here all day resulting in about 18 vehicles in total. This afternoon many
birds came to visit the park here, Kookaburras (photo), Lorrikeets and others. 
One Kookaburra swooped down just in front of us and grabbed a huge beetle and took
it up into a tree to devour it.  Earlier today a couple arrived with a 4WD & caravan and after 
a chat we found that they know Lorraine, our friend in "the Beast" (Landcruiser)
from BlazeAid in Bridgewater. Their names are Ken & Barbera and they are from a 
newspaper that Lorraine writes artivles for, called "The Outback City Express". 
Ken gave us a few editions to read and then they headed off to another camp spot 
at St.Lawrence which is about 120kms up the highway, we think this will be our 
destination for tomorrow as there is suppossed to be plenty of room there anyway.
Digital TV, Mobile & Internet coverage here is very good indeed.