Day 9: Still itching all over we went for a walk. After we came back to the van, switched the fan on and laid there reading for a while. We then went to gladstone museum which was a load of tosh. Having had enough of the place we decided to move on again. We headed 1 and a half hours to Rockhampton 'The beef capital of Australia'. Just to give you some more inside information we have now changed the vans name to the more suitable 'Caracola' meaning Snail in Spanish. We came to this name as we are carrying our home on our back's (back of the van) and secondly at the speed in which we travel. We hold up so much traffic that every now and again we pull over to let them by. We have learned a new road language though, If the truckies tap there horn a few times it means that they are grateful that we pulled over, and if they keep there hand on the horn it means thank f**k for that. Rockhampton is a funny place, one street is beautiful with wide roads, old buildings then the next street is really tired-out with most of the shops closed. In the evening we went to the cinema to watch 'Funny People' then found a back street and slept. Honkkkkk-Honkkkkk!

Day 7: Today we travelled onwards 2 hours north to a coastal town called Tannum Sands, nearly running out of fuel again as there is nowhere in between the places to fill up at. Problem solved though, new rule - never go below quarter tank. Anyway it's the nicest town we have been to in Oz so far. Lovely deserted beaches and a great park area looking over the beach from the cliff. We decided to go down the beach and do some rockpooling first. I caught a big crab which put up a fight, I tired it out though and managed to get the better claw. lol. We then had our first proper bbq, and I mean the real ones that you have to light with wood. Got it going first time with is a great achievement. Had massive pork chops, red wine and a sunset over the sea, what more can you ask? A nude shower on the beach would have topped it off though... Went back to a spot we found. Got awoken numerous times by huge bats which sound like kids whispering in the woods area we were in. mowa ha ha ha.