We enjoyed another night in our luxurious room. Our bus to the next destination was at 3pm. Check out of the motel was supposed to be 10am, however the owners said we could stay in the room as long as we wanted as we had been ‘very good guests’ so we used the opportunity to catch up on some blogs and Facebook, as well as sorting out our bags – living the dream!
At around 1pm we started the mammoth 20 minutes walk with all of our bags. Luckily it was quite cloudy so the heat didn’t drain us too much. We arrived at the bus stop in plenty of time so Gav headed off to buy some food supplies to keep us going.
The bus took around 4 hours to get to Rockhampton which was our next stop. We arranged a shuttle to the YHA from the Greyhound stop. It was down a very dark lane behind an industrial estate, so first impressions were not great. We had booked a double room and it was a nice surprise to find that the doubles were in fact en-suite cabins with a/c and a fridge.
The cabins were actually purpose built to house athletes and the media for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and then sold on afterwards to accommodation businesses. There was a nice plaque in the room detailing that it was officially used for the Olympics.
Hungry and not in any mood to cook, we headed out for a walk and came across a take-away called ‘Noodle Box’. Freshly made noodles to order in a box - just like you see in American films. They were absolutely delicious – probably the best we have ever eaten - and there was enough to last us for a meal the next day also!
No comments:
Post a Comment