Rockhampton day trip

Hi everyone, we are now in Yeppoon, about 40 kms N/E of Rockampton, on the Capricorn coast, arriving yesterday after a five hour drive from Bundaberg, including 50 kms of roadworks. Today we drove back to Rocky via the coastal route stopping in a nice little coastal town called Emu Park. First photo, me towing the van! Rocky is an interesting town, some lovely buildings but mixed up with horrible seventies architecture.

This structure is called the "Singing Ship" a memorial to captain Cook- it has hollow pipes that create musical notes in the wind

Great Kepple Island in the background

Ginny next to the Singing Ship

Buildings in Rocky

Fitzroy River

Main Street of Rocky

We went to the Botanical Gardens in Rocky, which also has a small zoo, mainly Australian animals but some monkeys as well

Graeme teasing the dingoes

Chimpanzees

The thinker!

Ginny  the ape woman with close relative

Who is the best looking ape?  I vote top left

Monitor lizard

Putting the lead on the dingos to go for a walk

QLD architecture

Surrounding counrtyside outside Rocky, military plane  leaving airport