2023 - FIP Brisbane: 10/01/23

We had a little sleep in this morning as we did not have to leave until 8am to be at the Bundaberg Rum Distillery before 9:30am. It took us a little longer than anticipated and we made it with only minutes to spare. Unfortunately, we had to leave all devices with a battery in a locker so we could not take any photographs. We suspect this is to preserve the intellectual property of the distillery.

For those that want to read about the process, here is the link.

Anyway, we toured the distillery, well, those parts they want to show you and were then ushered into the shop where we could taste two of their products in the hope you buy at least one. I tasted the Banana and Toffee Royal, and Coffee and Chocolate Royal Liqueurs and ended up buying a bottle of the banana and toffee.

After all that excitement, we decided to head to the macadamia farm as Google told us it had a cafe/restaurant. So, we headed out to Macadamias Australia where we all had very substantial and tasty lunches. After alcohol and food we were all ready for an afternoon nap. However, those in my vehicle had to accompany me to Childers to shop for the sausage sizzle dinner tonight, and refuel. Woolies was closed so we refuelled then visited the Childers IGA and procured a selection of sausages and some bread rolls (one of the advantages of being a logistician, there is always an alternate means of procurement). The passengers in Greg's vehicle had the opportunity to visit Woodgate Beach, a sleepy beachside hamlet where we occasionally spend 4-5 days at in the van. They had a walk on the lovely Woodgate Beach and joined us at HF a little later.

No photos of the sausage sizzle as we were all too tired. A relatively early night was had.