Day 22: Thu 29 May 25 - Gladstone to Yeppoon

Thu 29 May 25 - Gladstone To Yeppoon (152km)

Weather: 18 Deg and light drizzle in Gladstone at 07:00am to a very modest 20 Deg and rain in Yeppoon. 

We finally departed Gladstone after a morning cuppa with mum, destination the Capricorn Caravan Centre (3C's) in Rockhampton to see what can be done about our faulty Dometic Toilet. We were booked in for 2:00pm, so after arrival at midday, we parked the car and van at the 3C's, hoping they might look at it earlier, then we walked across the old Fitzroy Bridge into the CBD for some lunch. It was nice sitting inside a cafe looking out at wonderful old buildings, and lunch was OK too. There are beautiful art deco buildings and some colourful street art to be seen in Rockhampton, but we'll come back in for a day trip from Yeppoon another day, when hopefully the weather is nicer. After lunch we walked back to 3C's just in time to explain the problems we are having with our toilet. Short story is it appears our brand of toilet (Dometic) is notorious for its faults and for being unreliable. There doesn't appear to be anything broken, it's not a cassette issue (already thought that), and nothing they could (or would do), so for princely sum of $150 for that advice, we drove away with the issue unresolved. We have asked for a quote to remove the Dometic and replace it with a Thetford, but for now, we have to put up with a messy cassette and difficult cassette slide issue (unless I can work out how to pull it apart and reinstall it to make sure everything inside the unit is properly aligned). 

Leaving Rockhampton, we set off for the Maine Caravan Park in Yeppoon arriving at 4:30pm. It's much smaller these days, with only half of the small park available for caravans (only 8 sites- the other half of the park has been converted into new motel units for FIFO workers). It's very central and convenient for us, and it's a reasonable price. We set up in the rain and currently plan to stay for 2 weeks.


Rockhampton - The Fitzroy River is running high - and muddy

Rockhampton - The Fitzroy River Walk

Rockhampton - Street Art 

Rockhampton - Museum of Art 

Rockhampton - Museum of Art 

Rockhampton - Museum of Art 

Rockhampton - Street Art 

Rockhampton - Lunch on a rainy afternoon at the Two Professors looking out at Normandy House, one of many lovely old Art Deco buildings in the city. 

Rockhampton - The Capricornian Credit Union HQ, another magnificently restored building

Rockhampton - The Voyager Statue at the entrance to the Rockhampton Art Museum

Rockhampton - Front of the Criterion Hotel




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