We had heard that the weather was not going to be great and that a Cyclone was coming in so we had to make the most of the dry(ish) day. We walked from the hostel in to the city and along the river embankment. Rockhampton (Rocky) was originally intended to be the capital of Australia, so there are some pretty impressive buildings around. It was however decided that it was too far away from any major ports and larger cities so the idea was scrapped. Now it is synonymous with cattle production for meat and dairy products.
Our first stop in the city was the art gallery, which had a very interesting exhibit on an Australian photographer called Richard Green. He has his own helicopter and flies to very remote locations to take panoramic scenic photos. Some of them were beautiful and worth checking out here: http://www.richardgreen.net.au/ also in the exhibit was art from Australia and Europe.
We walked further along the riverside and stopped to eat our lunch. Where we sat was under 2 meters of water this time last year, it is really surprising how little signs there are of damage considering the scale of the flooding!
We admired some of the beautiful buildings before heading to the high street and wandering around the shops. There was not much happening so we went to a cafe called ‘The Giddy Goat’ and had an ice cream smoothie each – yum yum! It was a funky cafe with a game console installed into one of the tables – we had a match off with a few games but neither of us that skilful with a joystick.
As we were walking home the heavens opened so Amanda invested $1.24 into an umbrella, which could barely stand up to the very light wind in Rocky.... she will have no chance of using it at home, it would just get destroyed!! It did the job though and kept Amanda relatively dry til we got back to the hostel.
The rain was persistent so we watched some films and TV on the laptop before getting some rest.
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