Armstrong Beach

Arrived yesterday (Saturday) after a 435 kilometre drive from Mudjimba. The bruce Highway (M1, A1) was not in the best of condition and created a somewhat 'bumpy' ride. Many road reconstructions were signposted but not all had actual working sites.

We saw a lot of caravans on the road, indeed we formed a "convoy" of three (Rubber Ducky comes to mind) for quite some time before the other two pulled off the road.

The weather was overcast all day but fairly warm.

We took the time on arrival to unhitch the caravan and then a walk along the beach which was about 10 metres from our van location after which we settled in for the night.

Armstrong Beach

Armstrong Beach is about 4 kilometres south of Sarina and about 36 kilometers south of Mackay.

Later on this afternoon we will visit Sarina and tomorrow we will take a look around Mackay.

The beach here is quite nice however the ocean comes in almost to the edge of the beach so the sand is almost all compressed. Mind you, that makes for easy walking!

On the weather front, it is quite hot, so we are getting a feel of what is to come.

During our beach walk this morning we saw very interesting marks in the sand which, accoring to the park operators, is the result of miniture crabs.

Dead on the beach

Another sight encountered was a fair number of what we think are dead sharks (Very small ones) also laying on the beach.

More later on ..............







Visited Sarina, however other than the Sugar factory, not much else of interest to us.

Monday - Drove to Mackay for a look around.

Visited the Jetty Area and a look around the town at the old buildings.

Mackay central

Mackay was the first place that, to us, looked like we were in a sub-tropical location.

Mackay Masonic Lodge

Came across the Mackay Masonic Lodge which was a grand building.