It was dark and stormy night…..and it really was. We had quite a lot of rain in the evening after we got back from the Tavern, and it rained all night long. We had to take Margie to the airport this morning so we had to get up at 5:20am to make sure she was there by 6:45. Marg slept in out tent to make it easier logisticaly. When we got up we realised how much rain we had received as there was a lot of water in the camper. We have never had water in before, so I don’t really know why we got so much water in. We didn’t have time to find out why so we just got dressed and took off out the door.

We got to the airport ok with plenty of time beforethe flight. We had brekkie in there with her and made sure she took off ok. We drove home, not looking forward to the wet camper. We also had washing on the line so when we got back, Wendy went to the washing and I attacked the wet camper. I took all the stuff out and started to soak up the water on the floor with the new sponge I bought to wash my car. I squeezed the sponge into a bucket and when I had finished, I had about 9 litres of water in the square bucket! We had a few more sprinkles throughout the day but no new water entered. So I blame Marg for letting the water in!  

In the afternoon, we all went for a drive up the north coast a bit (40kms), and ended up in Nob Creek Pottery in Byfield. Wendy bought a couple of things, and Beryl bought some stuff too. We then went back down the coast calling in at Yeppoon to take some photos of the fruit bats nesting in the dead trees in the middle of town. We took lots of photos and I even climbed up in a tree to get a look over the surrounding trees. From the bats we headed down to Rosslyn Bay to take some photos from the lookout. K & I climbed up the very steep hill to get to the top and look at the amazing view. We also walked around the bottom of the hill from near the Great Keppel Island ferry terminal. We saw some people catching fish, but also witnessed the hubby of the women who had hooked a big fish lose it because of his stupidity!

From Rosslyn Bay we then headed further south to Emu Park to look at the Singing Ship. This is a memorial to Capt James Cook who was in this area and named the Keppel group of islands in 1770. When KnB were here last in 1975, K took B’s photo at this memorial, so we had to do a re-enactment of the mighty deed.

From there, we came home and decided to leave the chicken in the freezer and head back to the Tavern for the 2 for 1 Pizza deal. It was good too! When we came out of the tavern, it was obvious that it had been raining while we were eating, so when we got home, we were relieved to see no more water had found its way in to the camper. So, it must have been Marg!! 

We head out tomorrow and go to Bauple to see K's sister. From there we head to Bli Bli to see my brother, then to the Gold Coast to see Dave and Tania.

Here are a couple of photos from today:

 The fruit bats in Yeppoon. They didn't like us poking around and a lot of them took off.

 Beautiful islands off the coast here in Rosslyn Bay

 ...and some more.

The Singing Ships memorial to Captain James Cook at Emu Park. It didn't sing for us though as there was not a breath of wind.