Since being here we have enjoyed the beach and Pete has gotten in a bit of fishing. The rocks either end of the beach are dark grey and more like bolders. It was explained to me by a local that this is due to the volcanic activity in the area many millennium ago.
We have visited the Bundy Barrel where Bundaberg Ginger Beer is made. We went through the "museum" that was really interactive and was great for the kids. At the end we had a tasting and tasted 10/12 of their different flavour soft drinks. The kids thought this was great as they only have soft drink once in a blue moon. We then purchased some of our favourites and Pete stocked up on his Sarsparilla.
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| Bundaberg Barrell |
We could have visited the Bundaberg Rum distillery, but did not think it appropriate with kids in tow. Besides we don't drink the stuff.
On our way out and about today we came across a big sugar cane harvester that was cutting the cane, a tractor with a big basket followed and caught the cane and transferred it to a little train. We stopped to watch, the harvester was big and noisy and kicking up a lot of dust with bits of sugar cane flying everywhere. To Grace and James and myself it was like a great big scary monster after us. It is amazing seeing fields of tall sugar cane next to paddocks of red red earth.
We called in at Mon Repos. From November to March the turtles come into this beach to lay their eggs and a few months later the little turtles hatch and make their way down the beach to make their way in the world. I would love to see this and be part of it. Unfortunatly I don't think my Canberra body could cope with the heat and humidy at that time of the year up here. We did meet a nice local who told us all about the turtles and the little hatchlings. When the turtles hatch they get all the kids to line up from the hatching site down to the shore. The kids then make a tunnel with their legs to guide the hatchlings back to the ocean.
We also visited the Botanic Gardens and had a ride around the gardens in a little coal fed sugar cane train.
On the way home we bought a 500gr punnnet of strawberries from a local farmer. It was a 3km trip back to the park and all the strawberries where eaten before we hit the park. They where luscious.
On our way out and about today we came across a big sugar cane harvester that was cutting the cane, a tractor with a big basket followed and caught the cane and transferred it to a little train. We stopped to watch, the harvester was big and noisy and kicking up a lot of dust with bits of sugar cane flying everywhere. To Grace and James and myself it was like a great big scary monster after us. It is amazing seeing fields of tall sugar cane next to paddocks of red red earth.
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| Sugar Can Bales |
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| Sugar Cane Harvester |
We called in at Mon Repos. From November to March the turtles come into this beach to lay their eggs and a few months later the little turtles hatch and make their way down the beach to make their way in the world. I would love to see this and be part of it. Unfortunatly I don't think my Canberra body could cope with the heat and humidy at that time of the year up here. We did meet a nice local who told us all about the turtles and the little hatchlings. When the turtles hatch they get all the kids to line up from the hatching site down to the shore. The kids then make a tunnel with their legs to guide the hatchlings back to the ocean.
We also visited the Botanic Gardens and had a ride around the gardens in a little coal fed sugar cane train.
On the way home we bought a 500gr punnnet of strawberries from a local farmer. It was a 3km trip back to the park and all the strawberries where eaten before we hit the park. They where luscious.
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