5. Making good progress

Following Coffs Harbour we rode to Noosa where we camped just a few hundred metres from the beach.

Marmot tent and the R1200GS

Sunrise near the Noosa campsite.

Next stop Rockhampton, we didn't stop, just something to eat and a sleep for the night. We left early to make our way to Townsville. Before getting out of Townsville I dropped the bike at a busy junction after an unexpected u-turn by Christoph - no damage. Later that day I got pulled by some nice Queensland cops and given a speeding ticket for 1 point. So an eventful day.

Here's a picture of sunny Townsville where after the long 720 km ride from Rockhampton I had the day off, it's getting warm again. Duncan and Christoph stayed in Ayr for a dive and then joined me in Townsville.

Along The Strand around 08:30.

Next we ride to Cairns, a reasonable 350 kms, where we will change our tyres to 'knobbies' (I'm going with Continental TKC80s) in preparation for the dirt roads/tracks to come.