3 April: Just after Kinka Beach, we stopped at a house with fishing gear out the front for sale. Then the bloke took us down the back shed and Danny bought a new-looking cast net (his old one is knacked from the snags). He noticed an old Honda Z50 monkey bike hanging up and asked if it was for sale. Ken said he'd think about it.
We travelled a few kms to Emu Park and Danny loved it just as much as me. First, we did a bit of looking around at the Singing Ship and old houses. Then we got a great song book from the local op shop: 101 Country Hits for Buskers.
Danny wanted to do some casting with his new net, so off we went back up the road and bumped into The Big Whale! There were some weird looking plants in jars inside and a building nearby as part of the closed tourist attraction.
We camped next to the boat hire at The Causeway Lake and Danny netted a nice Mullet (on the surf side) for dinner. Unfortunately there was heaps of sandflies / mozzies so we couldn't have our usual alfresco dinner.
April 4: We went back to Emu Park the next morning and spent some time in the library and Bell Park. On a bike ride, Danny spotted this Ford Transit Mk 1 at the beach. And we met a local and his dog, King.
Later on, we parked next to him and saw we had picked up some big green ants from the park. Luckily they didn't come inside and decided to eat the black ants that had been hanging around since Miriam Vale.
That night we parked on the windy cliff overlooking the Keppell Islands and went to the Trivia Night at the Pine Beach Hotel (we didn't win, but did pretty well for our first time).
April 5: Danny strongly encouraged me to get up and watch the sunrise. We hung out at the beach and spent a bit more time in the park and library.
After lunch, we drove back to Ken's place to see about the monkey bike. It needed a lot of restoration to get it up to scratch. He sold it to us and we rearranged inside Keith so it could lay down in the middle.
It was time to go to our house sitting job just north of Rocky, so we went through the big round about near Yeppoon and off down the highway...
A loud screech was coming from underneath Keith! Sammy thought a tire had blown and Danny quickly and carefully pulled him off into a turning lane to a landscaping business. It wasn't a tire. We got out and had a look inside the engine bay. Keith wasn't going anywhere!!
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