30.08.07

Halliday Bay

Went through Proserpine to Peter Faust Dam which is 30 k’s upstream from the town, the park there was the old works camp that had been set up to service the building of the dam wall and didn’t look that inviting so moved on. The construction was interesting as it is a rock wall with a clay core, similar to the Ord River Dam.

Stopped at Seaforth and then on to Cape Hillsborough then back to Halliday Bay which has a lovely beach but the park was basic to say the least, still there was plenty of hot water and cost $20 which was OK. Went for a swim.

For some reason today the GPS has decided to not find any satellites so not sure if it is going to work.( It didn’t work for two days and then righted its self)

01 10.07

MACKAY

Travelled through very pretty country from Halliday Bay to Mackay where we went up to the Northern Beaches some of which were very nice before we arrived at Bert and Irene Place’( ex Wudinna and Rodney’s sister). They made us very welcome and put the van onto the front l

Bert and I did some repairs on the jockey wheel that had broken earlier. It was cloudy today with the threat of rain, first cloudy day for weeks.

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