The featured image above (if you are reading this on our webpage) is the result of a lot of very busy tiny crabs in/on Yeppoon Beach. Each little ball of sand is only about 5mm across (Click on the title above to go to the website if you are reading this from an email). The beach was covered in them.

It’s easy to see how some “Lap of Oz” tourers come unstuck and end their trip prematurely. We’ve met people here at Yeppoon who were going to stay a couple of nights and stayed six weeks. The guy at reception said he had a bloke last year who booked in for a few nights & was still here six months later.  Our next door neighbours were initially going to do a lap of Oz but think they may just do the east coast for now. It all reminds me of our quick trip around Tassie (that only took us 4 months!), there’s just so much to see and do, or not do and just chillax.

Our day started with a walk along Yeppoon beach. Someone has to check on how the crabs are doing. This time last year Yeppoon had a saltwater crocodile on the main beach. Nothing since, but Jayne isn’t keen on another swim since hearing about it and has been keeping an eye out. On our beach walks she now makes me walk closest to the water.

Today we’re moving on to somewhere Northish. As you can see, our capacity to plan ahead has improved immensely. As previously stated, when lapping Australia anti-clockwise you basically just need to keep the water on your right.

At about 50km out of Yeppoon we made a visit to the Capricorn Caves.

Very interesting limestone caves tour with lots of guano (bat poo).

Lots of history about their discovery and their geology.

For more info on the Capricorn Caves click here 

It gets really dark in a cave

Once the lights are out it’s black as black

Back on the road we stopped for a really ordinary lunch at the pub in Marlborough. We were checking out a stopover spot located behind the pub but the facilities weren’t the best so we moved on.

We are now set up for the night in the $10/night Flaggy Rock Community & Recreational Centre in Flaggy Rock. More small towns should be doing this. It’s a great spot for a quick stopover with great facilities. Even a pool.

Looking at the map we now appear closer to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea than we are to Darwin so we’re not quite there yet.

We’ll probably make it to Mackay tomorrow, who knows. We just have to remember to turn left at Townsville for this lap.

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