Next day was cold and windy and Rick ventured off to the Blood Bank to give a donation
Eungella National Park was very pretty,we climbed (by car) right to the top of the mountain from where we could look down on all the sugar cane farms surrounding the district whilst we enjoyed our picnic lunch.
Broken River area was where we sighted a couple of baby Platypus playing in the water,along with several turtles. Back at the Eungella Chalet we enjoyed a Devonshire tea still looking out over the majestic view of the valley ( on a fine day, after rain, we were told that one could see the sand on the beaches at Mackay)
We enjoyed a tour of the Fairleigh Sugar Can Mill one drizzly morning, climbing up and down metal stairs to see the journey of the sugar cane from the actual canes to the end results of Molasses and white sugar.
Slade Point was a little disappointing, I think we expected to see some more expensive houses overlooking the Ocean, but it was a normal neighbourhood. The Hotels, Motels, and other buildings around the Marina were quite brightly coloured painted tall buildings, and seemed mostly all tenanted.
The weather wasn't the nicest for us in Mackay, but then we had had about 4 months of lovely weather, so really shouldn't complain.
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