July 19th: Yaamba to Rockhampton – 35.4 km
Day 279
Two things have become evident within the last week. One, that we are becoming used to the extra weight of our 15kg climbing gear, which we picked up in Townsville. We have covered 380 km in the last 5 days and our legs haven’t suffered. Two, we have either relaxed our budget or begun to adopt a local diet. Evident from our our the last several days which have included burgers, beers, fish and chips, and pies. Regardless we were ready for a rest and make it a point to do so whenever we reach a major town.
Our definition of a major town is one that has one or more large chain supermarkets. Rockhampton has 2 woolworths, which were both within walking distance. We now enjoy walking as a break from the trikes. For the last couple of weeks many of our camp sites have been near the highway so we are subjected to normal highway noise, and we were happy to find a spot on a river, with the highway at least a good several hundred meters away.
