Corymbia opaca, also known as the desert bloodwood, is a tree native to Australia. The tree is most well known for the distinctive red kino that it exudes..
After a great couple of days in Rockhampton we left our friends and headed towards Gladstone.
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| Tannum Sands |
Our next stop was Gladstone, but there were roadworks and traffic queues which slowed us down, so we decided to follow a sign post to Tannum Sands. It was a pretty little bay so we stopped and had lunch there and enjoyed the views and the lovely foreshore park.
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| Tannum Sands, Gladstone |
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| Granite Creek Rest Area |
After leaving the Granite Creek rest area we headed to Bundaberg, passing through Gin Gin. We arrived in Bundaberg and found our way to the Bundaberg Distillery. We didn't do the tour of the distillery but had a good visit of the shop and bought some souvenirs. We do like Bundaberg Rum but think it is a better price at our local liquor store and it is always difficult to bring breakables home in the caravan even when packed well.
The shop we were at on our previous trip had moved, but we found it a short distance away and was now part of the old picture theatre, The Paragon. After talking to the owner he showed us through the historic theatre which he and his family are restoring.
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| Lovely old buildings in Childers |
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| The new ice cream shop in Childers |
The Paragon Theatre is a large timber building with a masonry façade prominently located on Churchill Street in Childers. The rear section of the building is a large shed-like form clad in unpainted timber weatherboards with a pitched, galvanised iron roof. The side walls have high level louvred openings under the eaves and timber framed windows in the lower section of the wall. The parapeted façade is composed of face brick pilasters which divide the surface into three bays rendered with roughcast stucco. The parapet edge features a rectangular signage block flanked by a masonry balustrade. Three sets of timber casement windows are located in the upper sections of each of the bays. The glass of the windows has been painted and each set of windows is surmounted by horizontal awnings with small hipped roofs and supported by timber brackets.
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| The historic Paragon Theatre |
As of October 2011, Ms Ricciardi and new co-owner Nigel Craft have continued the restoration of the building with the hopes to eventually reopen it to the public as an entertainment venue. The business name Paragon Theatre (1962) is still registered
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| Photo from 2016 - Macadamia and Ginger ice-cream |
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| Ice Cream for two! |
Next morning we left our free camp site but noticed a lot of old cars crossing the bridge so followed them and found they were going to a Show n Shine, so we stopped and enjoyed a walk around the cars, all for a small entry fee which apparently went to the local community.
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5 comments:
I would love to visit your country. It looks amazing.
More fun travels some free camping and a nice show and shine.
This makes me want to jump in the car and go on a holiday
Another great post. Bleeding trees, who would have guessed?
Do you park without hookups, or do most of the parks have water/electric hookups, and sewer? We have only boondocked a few times. We do not have any solar. We've thought about it but not sure how much we would use it.
Cheri, we only stay without hookups for about 3 days as we only have enough water in our tank for 3 days. The other days we try and stay in caravan parks with 240v electricity and water and our caravan has a cassette toilet which we can empty in a dedicated point. We don't use the public toilets/showers as we have our own on board. We have onboard batteries that supply our fridge and lights and haven't had the necessity for solar. Thanks for your comments.
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