Julie Powell – Photographer & Graphic Artist
Creating & Capturing Life's Precious Moments
After spending the night in a one motel town (with not too much else to offer) we headed off again, looking for adventure, and some more old railbridges, stopped briefly at Binderee Station & Gooroolba. Stopped at Ban Ban Springs for a quick bite to eat and met some feathered friends. At one point it…
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Time to bid Rockhampton goodbye, we headed further inland. A quick pitstop at Mt Morgan Gold Mine, Biloela Sil Art, Three Moon silo art. It’s a bit of a story but we didn’t stop at Monto to check out the street art, I wanted to, but it didn’t happen. We spent the morning searching for…
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After our morning spent at the Heritage Village, we headed 25kms out of town to Capricorn Caves, to check out the area and see if I could even attempt the caves. Too many steps or too steep or too long and it would rule me out. Thankfully the lady at the kiosk was very helpful…
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Our first full day in Rockhampton (Rocky) was promising to be a good one, while it was coolish early morning it warmed up quite quickly. Our first stop in the early morning was the Rockhampton Heritage Village. I really enjoy visiting these heritage Villages while we travel. They are a fascinating way to learn about…
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We left Agnes Waters and headed further up the coast, it was a fair drive from here to Rockhmapton and not much to see. Very few side trips. We made it to Rocky mid-afternoon, found accommodation and then spent a few hours wandering the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens. Rockhampton We then headed up to Mount Archer…
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We rose early and after a quick bite to eat, we headed back to Bundy Rum Distillery as we wanted some daytime photos with an empty car park. The next stop was the little sugar cane train at the Botanic Gardens. Cute but not quite the same as the real thing. Boolboonda Tunnel We love…
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Bundaberg is famous for one particular thing – RUM. So you can’t go all that way and not visit the distillery, right? Bundaberg Rum Distillery Due to the highly explosive nature of making rum and the distillery has actually blown itself up a time or two! No photos are allowed beyond the museum. Due to…
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Eventually, it was time to bid Hervey Bay goodbye and hit the road again. Drove through Woodgate and Burrum heads (the tide was way out) and up through Gin Gin and lots of sugar cane to Bundaberg. But before we got to Bundy it was time for a little adventure. Mystery Craters In South Kolan,…
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The next part of my bucket list for Hervey Bay was whale watching. I mean it is the whale-watching capital of Australia. What I didn’t count on was just how busy everything was. it took a bit of shuffling and making a few calls but I finally booked us on Freedom III. Freedom III offers…
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The first part of my bucket list for Hervey Bay was finally getting to visit K’gari (formerly known as Fraser island). It is the world’s largest sand island and while you can take the ferry over, our car rental company strictly forbade us taking the rental car over. A/ You need a 4X4, I mean…
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Julie Powell - Photographer & Graphic Artist 