Wednesday Nov 17th, day 11 of the road trip. We manage to get all of Pete and Meri’s luggage in the car, it’s filled to the roof now. Even one of the back seats has to serve as storage at the moment. Down Bruce Highway we head for Mackay. After lunch in the botanical gardens of Mackay we scanned the Camps Australia book for a proper overnight location. Between Mackay and the next big town Rockhampton is almost nothing to do or see for 300km.