We really enjoyed this part of the trip. After Townsville we headed south as we had planned and stayed at a little caravan park on the O'connell River 23 Klms. south of Proserpine. This will be our base for a week to give us time to look around the area and view the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsunday Group of Islands. We found a unused resort not far from here where we could also enjoy a couple of days fishing. In this area there are a couple of resorts that have gone into liquidation because of the downturn in tourism. At the place where we were fishing they had managed to rent some of the units to workers who had jobs in the nearby area. This place has golf courses, marina, tennis courts, swimming pools and cover many acres. They are barely keeping the maintenance up, the golf courses greens have been let go and some of the boats at the marina are in a terrible state. Following are photos of our little stay in this part of the woods, hope you enjoy them.        

                                               Cooking some of the fish caught at the resort

                                         These 2 ducks are Burdekin River Ducks.