Out of Airlie, we head off to Agnes Waters. There 's a beautiful beach, though even more beautiful is the beach a few kilometres north the Town of 1770. It is not really a town, just a little wharf, a camp site and a pub. But it is the place where Captain James Cook stepped on the mainland - in 1770.

We joined the Scooteroos, a local Scooter Rock Group, and cruised around ...

Afterwards we stayed a night in Hervey Bay. The town is the main access to Fraser Island, but only a little bit bigger than Agnes Waters.

Finally was the time to leave. But before I had an aussie Barbie on my beautiful balcony with my workmates Tamy and Tracey, and afterwards a big night out. On Wednesday I joined Sure Foot on my last Twilight race ... and had another big night out. Then Katja and me did a trip on Boomerang. Katja as a passenger, a party pussy passenger, I can tell you. And me as a volunteer, sort of a traineeship: I helped the crew, mainly the hostess, but do not get paid.
We got off the boat, I said Goodbye to all the people, had a drink in beaches and then we ran for the bus: I had to stop it, because it already headed off! ... Goodbye Airlie!

Schliesslich haben sich meine Tage in Airlie Beach doch dem Ende hin begeben. Nachdem ich mit arbeiten fertig war, habe ich mit Katja zwei Tage zwei Autos gemietet! den ersten Tag hatten wir einen Mini Moke, eine Art Strandbuggy Version des alten Mini. Damit haben wir die Cedar Creek Falls, Proserpine, Dingo und Hideaway Beach abgecruist.

Mit dem Honda Jazz ging es dann am naechsten Tag nach Mackay. Das ist die naechst groesere Stadt suedwaerts nach Airlie Beach.

Von dort aus ging es dann weiter in den Eugenella National Park. Von den Huegeln dort hat man eine phaenomenale Aussicht auf das Pioneer Valley ... and we successfully spotted the Platypus, das Schnabeltier!