Maaroom, QLD.

Maaroom, first camp on our, hopefully, epic journey all over our great country of Australia. At only 53 km from our home, this is a tentative first stage as we complete a "shakedown" tour in our new Jayco Starcraft Caravan. We have the caravan booked into Warburton Caravans in Bundaberg, on September 5th, for the 1000 km After Sales Service where we will have any small faults rectified before we head off on the full journey.

Maaroom is a picturesque village on the Sandy Straits with views of Fraser Island. There are many kangaroos grazing on the Common Areas as well as Private Property. Unfortunately, because of the Mangroves growing on the foreshore, there are many biting Midges as well. Fortunately they are the type that the 'bites' only last about one hour.

We were made welcome at The Maaroom Caravan Park. You can view the details here:- http://www.maaroomcaravanpark.com

The entrance to the Caravan Park is only 400 metres from the Boat Ramp.

Some of the many kangaroos on this grassy area in the Park Grounds.

The Maaroom Estuary and The Sandy Straits at High Tide with Fraser Island in the background.

Some of the amenities in The Foreshore Park at Maaroom.

The Maaroom Estuary and The Sandy Straits at Low Tide.

The Boat Ramp and Pontoon at Low Tide.

Laura Hotel and Split Rock Aboriginal Art.

We had received great feedback from many sources about The Aboriginal Rock Art at Split Rock near Laura therefore we had to turn right at Lakeland on our journey south from The Lions Den Hotel. On entering the GPS Co-ordinates for the Laura Pub we headed North-West on The Peninsula Development Road. The driving in this country is spectacular. Every kilometre north of Mount Molloy was an eye opener. We had 'Jump Ups', Rocky Escarpments, banana plantations, hop plantations, red paw paw plantations and fantastic grazing country. All in all, brilliant touring country. Fortunately Laura is only a very small community because the GPS delivered us to the entrance to The Laura Roadhouse, we found the Laura Pub further along and on a side road. We mentioned this error to the publican and he said he knew that, the phone number is listed incorrectly as well.

The Laura Hotel, we sat out front with some other travellers and downed a few stubbies.

Our camp site at the rear of the pub, we had our own termite mound for company. The pub rooster woke us at dawn as well.

This is the terrain of The Split Rock Aboriginal Art Site, 13 km from Laura on the Lakeland Road.

Flying Fox Cave.

There are three central characters on this wall, a woman, a man and a red dingo. Can you pick each image. The small character, lower right is a Happy Spirit.

This would be a woman hunting an Ant Eater. The white male character with the bent limbs in the centre is an Unhappy Spirit.

Men hunting Kangaroo. Women were well thought of! Images included on every wall.

Long Tom Fish feature here.