Mix and Karrots 12 month Aussie Adventure: November 2014

RAINBOW BEACH

INSKIP POINT

Inskip Point lies at the end of Inskip Peninsula up from Rainbow Beach. It is also the place where you are able to get your car across to Fraser Island on the ferry which runs twice a day for $80. The crossing takes 15 minutes. There is also low cost camping here right on the beach with great views across to Fraser Island.

The ferry returning from Fraser Island to Inskip Point.

Rainbow Beach is a picturesque place with spectacular multicoloured cliffs, rolling surf and a white sandy beach. For a fee you can drive your 4WD on the beach here and also on Fraser Island. The town has a few backpacker places here but is not overly touristy and still retains a very relaxed vibe. A 2km walk along the beach will bring you to the coloured sand cliffs and another beautiful place is the Carlo Sandblow which is reached via a 600m track along the cliffs. The name Carlo is after one of James Cooks sailors. Keith and I could not believe how big it is and the view from here was magnificent.

TIN CAN BAY

Tin Can Bay is a pretty little town in the Wide Bay area of Queensland. It is located on a deep but narrow sheltered inlet and is home to some very friendly estuarine dolphins. Dolphin feeding is on every morning from 7.30am and actual feeding is at 8am. It is held at the marina at the tip of the point and costs $10 for entrance and feeding or $5 for entrance and watching. Your entrance also gives you a discount coffee and/or breakfast at the cafe there which provides very reasonably priced meals anyway. Keith and I had visited Tin Can Bay before and loved it so we were keen to return and we weren't disappointed. It was just as pretty as we remembered and the locals just as friendly. We were lucky enough to spot wild horses on our way in last time but unfortunately didn't see any this visit. We went to the dolphin feeding again and had a cup of coffee afterwards. It was a lovely sunny morning and the beauty of this place is that there is nothing pretentious about it. Kids and adults alike love it, they get to be up close and personal with the dolphins and get a good feed afterwards. What can be better than that. Tin Can Bay also has a Seafood shop where you can buy the fishermans daily catch at very reasonable prices.

MARYBOROUGH

MARYBOROUGH - BIRTHPLACE OF THE CREATOR OF MARY POPPINS

Established in 1847 Maryborough is one of Queenslands oldest towns and its port was the first step for many of the free settlers that arrived in the new country looking for a better life. Comprised of many beautiful old buildings yesteryear is reflected in its beautifully restored heritage.
Maryborough is also the birthplace of P.L. Travers the creator of umbrella weilding Mary Poppins whose story was recently told in a Disney film. Ms Travers was born in a room above the bank where her father worked and a statue of Mary Poppins now stands outside her birth place.