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20260701 Qld St Lawrence Festival

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20260701 to 5th OMG, what a hoot, we had the best time at the St Lawrence Wet Land Festival, I’ve been to many festivals but this was by far one of the best I’ve been to in years. The bands Friday and Saturday night got the crowd rocking and what a collection of names from Lloyd Saunders, Mango Junction and Naya Smith Friday night, then Saturday night Marshall Hamburger, Heath & Leyon Milner and  Jessica Cash to name a few, what a collection and they certainly got t he crowd thumping in front of the stage while many locals and visitors danced  under the stars with complete strangers who quickly became friends. After missing the Festival two years ago we volunteered to help but the campground was full, so we were sent to Marg’s Park, a spot by the river with the crocks and a much prettier spot. Des can you get me some water from the river, crocks, what crocks 🐊🐊  The park was named after Margaret Baldwin, a long-time resident known as the "mother to all" who moved t...
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20260629 Qld Gavial Creek, Rockhampton, Canoona to Marlborough

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20260629  We didn’t find Barra Crab because its in Clairview, so I just found out, but we did find a camp in Port Curtis driving along Roope Rd, on  Gavial Creek, but be ware of the Crocks, Des can you get me some water from the river to wash up, crock food😋😂 Naming of Roope's Creek: The Gavial Creek tributary on Roope Road was often referred to historically as "Roope's Creek". It was named after Mr. William Roope, who established a historical wool-scouring operation in the immediate vicinity. We ended up staying a couple of days and walked the grounds stopping to chat to a homeless man who found a nice spot right on the rivers edge, probably not a good idea as he was sleeping in a swag on the ground, but he said he’s never seen a crock, so that means there’s none, I don’t think so. Gavial Creek, and Yes, crocodiles live in this Creek, it’s a known crocodile habitat as it connects to the Fitzroy River, which is famous for its large crocodile population and this is ...
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Location: Gavial Creek, Port Curtis QLD 4700, Australia
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20260620 Qld Childers, Miara, Calliope River to Bajool

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20260620 Hopefully the next time we see Dick he would have hopefully sold his home that he’s only been in since August 2025 but he’s got itchy feet and, he likes a property in Boonooroo, on the edge of the Great Sandy Marine Park. The town is opposite Frazer Island, a place thats on my bucket list so start packing Dick and searching for that boat, Frazer Island is calling my name. We camped at Childers for the night and just our luck there was a drugged fucked guy camped directly opposite us in a two man tent yelling abuse and swearing while drinking what looked like straight Vodka and smoking what I assume was hootter only going by the way he was carrying on I’m thinking it was that dreaded drug, Ice. Lucky for all the campers he passed out early and woke up all refreshed and probably didn’t remember a thing. The people you run into in the streets of Childers, I went to school with Gail at Birkdale in the 1970’s and we did once hang out along with Sandra Long, Oo the memories. The Gra...
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Location: Miara QLD 4673, Australia
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