Day 35 meant we had to say goodbye to Agnes Water and the town of 1770. After being so impressed with Noosa, and all of us wondering if anything could possibly match up to the great time we had there, then any doubts we had were smashed into orbit. Agnes and 1770 was an amazing place for all of us.

If you like surf, warmer and safe waters then it had it. Beautiful beaches, headland walks then you can also check that off the list. We had a trip on the unique ‘Larc’, avoided crowds, celebrated Jimi’s birthday, ate buckets of the finest gelato and grabbed a sunset from the marina after fish and chips. We even walked with the butterflies, met a few salty old characters, patted rescued greyhounds, and Jimi passed his Unley interview with flying colours whilst parked up in the van, literally a hundred metres from the beach.

But as is the theme of this trip, eight weeks is not a long time to do what we are doing, and so we once again need to move on. This time we are heading for a place called Yeppoon. I have to admit, from this point onwards our planning gets a bit sketchy as before the trip took place both myself and the better-half were horrendously busy. At the same time, it’s often the lack of full scale planning which adds to the adventure (if it goes pear-shaped, I may have to revise that statement!).

So Yeppoon here we come. Google Maps tells us its 265 K’s, and around three hours.

Experience, and the rattle-trap factor of the van, along with food and toilet breaks tells us it will be more like four or five, so lets see how this one shapes up.

Well, five hours later, we arrived in Yeppoon. It was yet more driving through stunning scenery. Mountaneous backdrops and roads carved through greenery. Dodgy phone-pics don’t do it any justice, but as much as we would like to have stopped (again) and took pics we just don’t have the time, so dodgy phone-pics it is.

We arrived at Yeppon around 2pm, which was bloody amazing on our previous efforts. Destination NRMA Capricorn Yeppoon Holiday Park. This place looked great on the tin, and after all it was in Yeppoon coz it has Yeppoon in the name. Right kids?

Well maybe not. Although the park looked pretty good, we were somehow seven or eight k’s outside Yeppoon. Nice one Dad (he booked it a day or two earlier).

Anyway, we were here, and to be honest the park looked great. And they even sold beer, so full marks to Yeppoon, my new favourite caravan park. After a quick pool session (another cold one) we checked out the area and went for a walk along a path which led us to the nearby beach which was to be fair also amazing. It turns out we had chanced upon a caravan park a short walk from Kemp beach. And in further good news, this place was also stinger-free which meant we could once again go for a dip. We’d literally been here for only an hour or two and we were already starting to really love this place.

The light was slowly dropping, we relaxed with a beach walk and even a couple of comedy sprints and took a shedload of photo’s to remember these times forever.

And to finish off the evening, the kids watched a film on the camp terrace in the open air. All rugged-up after another great day. Although we were yet to see Yeppoon itself, we’d already had a great introduction to one of its great beaches and had a very relaxing time in the process. Tomorrow we will take a proper look round Yeppoon and see what else it might have to offer. Is it even possible to think that we can maintain the lofty standards set by Noosa and Agnes on our last two stops? Fingers crossed everyone ……