This was a travel day. We spent the day on the bus, with a few stops to break up the traveling.
Our first stop was Gin Gin, at a school that has had connections with People to People for some years. They provided lunch for us in a pavilion that was built with money received from People to People. It is a huge, covered dining area, with restrooms attached.
As we continued our journey to Yeppoon, we could see how the landscape was changing. It was becoming more colorful and we could see more mountains. Many of the houses were built on stilts because of the possible flooding. Lauren called them Queenslander homes. I could see more clay-like soil along the highway and fields were full of tall grasses, much like wheat or rye. We saw our first banana plantation, too.
We stopped for a picture in Rockingham. Rockingham is a town on the Tropic of Capricorn. We just had to capture a moment on the parallel.’
We also stopped at a rest stop along the way that had a convenience store. I happened to notice the sweet potatoes they were selling. The had to be 12-14 inches long 4-5 inches in diameter! One of them could make a whole side dish!
We arrived at the Rydges in enough time to unload and freshen up for dinner. The Rydges has anything you could imagine: tennis, golf, volleyball, lawn bowling, the beach. The pool is actually three pools that are connected. It has a huge waterfall on one end. After dinner, many of the delegates took advantage of the opportunity to swim. We’ll have a little free time tomorrow to check out the other amenities.
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