Yesterday we walked into the city, just across the bridge from the caravan park. Following the Heritage Walk, we went down Quay Street fronting the river on the city side, this is where all the important buildings were erected in the boom times, pre Federation. Some very nice buildings among them, and this was a wealthy town, with gold discovered at Mt Morgan, not far away. Rocky was the river port. The riverside has lovely shade trees and it's a very pleasant walk.
Two of the lovely old buildings in Quay St facing the river.
We returned via East Street, parallel to the river, and the main shopping street- again, lots of shade. Shade trees are so important in Queensland. There were many cafes in amongst the dress shops and others but as in many towns, the main focus has shifted to regional shopping centres, of which there seem to be many in Rocky. East St was very quiet at 10am. I suppose it gets busier at lunchtime when the office workers are there.
We went to another shopping precinct in the city, looking for a few items, and as we left there, Chris spotted something in a tree. It was a pair of red-tailed black cockatoos eating seeds. They are different from the ones we see at home, the female has yellow spots on her shoulders and yellow undertail with black stripes, the male has red under the tail. Unfortunately they were both sheltering in thick leaves so Chris wasn't able to get a decent photo.
We've been so lucky with the weather, although showers have been predicted for the last 3 days, they haven't happened, and we've been enjoying temperatures of around 26 every day. There's usually a nice breeze as well, so altogether very comfortable.
Today Kim and Debbie arrive, they have had problems with their tow vehicle so will come sans caravan, and stay in a cabin in this complex. They will stay till Sunday, and we will leave here on Monday, returning inland (where it's been raining since we left). John and Marg hope to arrive about then.
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