Superman and Muz write; fishing/camping on the Calliope River

We think Murray and Brenda have become seasoned travellers-they have become so confident or blasé?  travellers, that they ignore ‘warning signs.

Calliope River had been recommended to us as a lovely spot to camp, but there is a time limit. The river is 12 kms inland from Gladstone and is a tidal river with a very strong tidal flow, especially at the bridge.

What a lovely spot to camp-not crowded at all-we chose the sth side of the river and camped as close as we could to the river-so we didn’t have too far to pull in the fish.

Murray set up the fishing table and Muz and I sat in the chairs 24/7 fishing. We were able to see the water rats that came out at night, fossicking along the bank for bits of bait.

Our fishing spot enabled us  an early morning reflection shot,

 and the evening colours-we couldn’t decide if it was a bush fire.

Murray caught a huge flathead that John cooked for us.

The following night John cooked a lovely stew on the camp fire. Amazingly, people had campfires, despite a closed fire season in Queensland.

John, Patthedog and Murray

One day we thought we saw a crocodile in the river, but we called across to the caravanners on the other side-they assured us it was only a log.

Friday – the locals arrived with their race horses-these were exercised in the water, the jet skis hooning up and down the river-the fishing had dried up so, time for us to move on to our next resting spot-we chose 24 15 11 S, 151 44 06 E.