Day 28 August 28 Tuesday
Left Rubydale and took the back road to A7. Along the way was Peak Range mountains NP. A very small park with only dirt roads. Nice peaks sticking up. Continued past Nebo to a rest area about 65 km from Mackay to spend the night. Stopped in Clermont for internet access and to get groceries and petrol. There are lots of huge coal miles along the road.
Day 29 August 29 Wednesday
Left the wayside park and headed towards Mackay on the coast on hwy 70. At Walkerston turned West onto the Makay Eungella highway. The last 5 km to Eungella were up a steep (12%
grade) and windy road where I had to use second gear all the way. And it was very foggy near the top because Eungella means “where the clouds meet the land” in local aboriginal. Went for a few walks in the tropical rainforest and the fog cleared up. Spent the night at a RV park at the top of the mountain with a nice view down the valley towards the ocean. Ate my first real meal out instead of cooking. We had a little rain shower just before dark.
Left the wayside park and headed towards Mackay on the coast on hwy 70. At Walkerston turned West onto the Makay Eungella highway. The last 5 km to Eungella were up a steep (12%
grade) and windy road where I had to use second gear all the way. And it was very foggy near the top because Eungella means “where the clouds meet the land” in local aboriginal. Went for a few walks in the tropical rainforest and the fog cleared up. Spent the night at a RV park at the top of the mountain with a nice view down the valley towards the ocean. Ate my first real meal out instead of cooking. We had a little rain shower just before dark.
Tree with lots of vines growing on it.
This is a view from my campsite on the mountain. Pretty.
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