I thought the blog should have a break from beautiful beaches - although we are staying at another at Tannum Sands!! and we did have some fab crab sandwiches for lunch from a small town called Gin Gin!
We have headed past Bundaburg today - famous for rum and consequently we have seen lots of sugar cane fields - see photo. Tropical fruit seems strangely lacking in the supermarkets although there are also plenty of mangoes and pineapples being grown and we stopped for a lychee ice cream today!
What about driving in Aus?? It goes without saying that distances are huge - we are driving about 250k per day but that is tiny for an Australian! The main A1 road is now single carriageway (in each direction) with regular overtaking lanes but traffic is light. Driver fatigue is a big problem and so there are many graphic slogans and warnings about resting as well as free coffee provided in peak season - not that we have actually seen any open! In addition 'fatigue zones' have trivia quizzes posted on signs - we now know that a collection of toads is a knot and that the biggest natural object on earth is the Great Barrier Reef.
Still on a transport note, I had to take a photo of these 'sleeping turtles' on a crossing in Tannum Sands!
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