The expedition halted in Arlie Beach for a few days to re-provision and rest.
A semi-submersible way of seeing the reefs.
We found our twin car! The plates are only one digit off.
Arlie Beach Campervan Concentration Camp
It turns out that most Australians are too scared to camp in the bush. In fact, it’s nigh impossible to find bush camping as most of the land is owned privately and not controlled by the government. In Arlie Beach we found the Flametree capervan park. Within its high walls, a floodlight-lit compound was crowded full of Australian tourists and their campervans. This particular van was directly across from us. It looks epic but I doubt it’s stayed outside of campervan parks very often.
Our tent and vehicle.
The Bruce Highway
From Rockhampton the expedition followed the Bruce Highway along the coast of central Queensland toward the Whitsunday Islands. Unlike the bush tracks masquerading as highways that we had followed previously, this highway actually had some traffic.
We passed many kilometres of sugarcane fields on the trek northward.
The sun sank below the western mountains as the expedition moved northward.
Chief expedition photographer, Lord Bailey, documenting himself.
The sugarcane industry in Queensland is robust and polluting.
A field fire along the highway.
