Our last stop before hitting the East coast was to be Nebo, a tiny town about 100km inland from Mackay and slap bang in the heart of a few mining towns.
We had researched the town and it had a caravan park and a small pub which had a pretty good reputation. On the way to the caravan park we passed the pub and it looked like a classic Queensland pub and was busy with mining patrons in their hi-vis shirts having a drink after shift. Perfect for us as the State of Origin was going to be on that night and we fancied a pub with atmosphere to enjoy it in.
First thing first though we had to find a place to park up for the night and so we headed to the caravan park. I would describe it as an American trailer park with a Queensland twist. There were lots of permanents and the whole place seemed somewhat run down. The owners were very friendly though and while it wasn’t the cleanest of places we have stayed it was within walking distance of the pub.
That night we had a great time at the pub watching the game, unfortunately Queensland lost but it was still a fun night although I think the party would have carried on a little longer had the result been reversed!!
Nebo was to be our last stop on this leg of our trip and the next day we headed to Mackay where we had our Niece’s wedding to attend. T
