Monday, July 4, 2011

Day 29: Rockhampton

We stopped in Mackay for smoko and lunch at Clairview, which was a small rest area along the coast. It was a great little spot and the local WAGS used a small room near the toilets to sell cups of tea and coffee home made cakes and arts and crafts. ‘What does WAGS stand for?’ Jim asks. The ladies laughed – it was obviously a question they had heard many times and they all had a different answer: Women's action group, women and gentlemen’s society, women against group sex! We had a chat and a laugh with the ladies, and bought a couple of slices of carrot cake, coconut ice, and a chocolate slice.





We stayed at a caravan park in Rockhampton and discovered they had a restaurant. Jim checked it out and it looked like a great option for dinner because it was a stonegrill restaurant, and that is Helen’s favourite.
Helen had ‘Stone of the Moment’, which included Balmain Bug, Tasmania Salmon, prawns and scallops, to cook on a stone grill. Jim ordered crocodile to cook on the stonegrill. It was delicious, although the lady owner was busy feeding 100 teenage softball players, and was a bit cranky.

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