At some ridiculously early time (it was probably around 7am) there was some little banging on the door. It seemed that Chloe and Amelia had woken the house so Ken thought it would be good to get the girls to wake up us as well.

First order of the day was to fix the bed. A trip up to Stratco and some steel hinges were purchased to replace the flimsy aluminium ones. A bit of drilling, pop riveting and screwing and we soon had a bed better than the bought one. It should last a bit longer than 2 years now.

We bid our farewells to all and we were soon on the road north, passing the Ettamogah Pub, missing the turn-off to the Big Pineapple (there were no signs) and finally stopping at the Ginger Factory and Nutworks in Yandina. Some sampling and purchases and we were on the road again.

It was good going while the Bruce Highway was still a dual carriageway but that soon ended and we were at the mercy of slow drivers. The was a bit of cat and mouse for a while with the carnival trucks coming out of Maryborough and heading into Bundaberg, each time I stopped for a geocache.

We arrived at the caravan park in daylight around 4pm and moved onto our riverside site next to cachers, Liz and Bruce. It wasn’t long and it was happy hour with Liz and Bruce arriving back at camp then Graham and Cheryl (some newby cachers but enthusiastic from the Sunshine Coast).

After getting the initiation of bitten by midgies (I am sure they know we are southerners), it was off to the Bundy RSL for dinner meeting up with some more cachers, John and Christine. With the 8 of us there, it was almost a mini event.

Tomorrow is a big day with the Bundaberg Distillery visit. Is 11am too early to be sampling Bundy Rum.

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