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Last walk through Round Hill Creek track

Written by Troy Spro

This was the last day of our camping trip and we planned to walk the Round Hill Creek track, look at a few more of the sights, and the beach views of Seventeen Seventy.

It was time to pack up the camper trailer, load up the car, the kids, and head off for the final part of our trip away.

We left the camper trailer outside the camping ground under a tree and just used the car for the morning.

The lovely people at the Captain Cook Holiday Village had no problem with us leaving the camper there and also said they would keep an eye on it just incase someone saw the opportunity to back up and head off with it.

We had decided to see a bit of history today and do the longer walk from bottom car park through to the Bustard Bay lookout which is at the top of the Round Hill Headland.

The Bustard Bay lookout is in the Joseph Banks Conservation Park, which is located at the top tip of Seventeen Seventy at the end of Endeavour Road.

This would of meant we would of walked past the Captain Cook Monument and seen it again on the way through.

Captain Cook Monument Cairn at Round Hill at Seventeen Seventy 1st Landing [Read more…]

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A day at Lady Musgrave Island

Written by Troy Spro

Next for us at Seventeen Seventy was a day at Lady Musgrave Island.

The only way you can get there, if you don’t own a tinnie or boat yourself, is to go on one of the cruise boats that go out to the island each day.

There are two main companies that run out to Lady Musgrave Island, these are listed at the bottom of the page.

There will be a few points for you to consider when making a choice on which company to pick to go out to see the Great Barrier Reef.

You won’t realise one of them until you are actually on the boat, as I/we did.

These points are:

If you are staying in Seventeen Seventy, you don’t want to drive to Bundaberg to catch a boat to then come back up to Seventeen Seventy to go out to the island.

Also, reverse that, if you live in the Bundaberg area, you don’t want to drive up to (you still could though) Seventeen Seventy to catch a boat to the island, spend a day out at the island, and then drive home.

Another point in regards to leaving from Bundaberg is the travel time in the boat.

If you read what happened to us below, and you don’t have any sea legs, you will want to minimise the time travelling to Lady Musgrave Island in the boat to cut down on sea sickness.

One of the companies (Lady Musgrave Cruises) also has a pontoon, although it was out of action when we went, it is still a bonus rather than staying on the boat.

Lady Musgrave Cruises Seventeen Seventy

Lady Musgrave Cruises at Seventeen Seventy

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