Keeping with an animal theme, after spending time with a pelican yesterday on the beach, and then watching a bull shark being caught & fished out of the ocean, this morning we witnessed a Monitor Lizard stroll past us on the way to the beach. Only in Australia!

The morning was spent on Agnes Water Beach in the glorious hot sunshine, just minutes from our apartment, where we soaked up the rays and enjoyed dips in the waves to cool off.

In the early afternoon we headed a few miles north to the township of Seventeen Seventy for our Larc tour of Bustard Bay and the sand island and Eurimbula Beach and the entrance into the Eurimbula National Park.

Our tour in the LARC (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo) vehicle proved to be an amazing way to see the hinterland from both the land and sea.

There was no missing our vehicle which stood a good 2m off the ground and carried 25 people along with our driver, John, plus it was painted bright pink.

No sooner had we left the marina we dipped into the water and it was straight to the propeller to push us along in the swell and out into the bay. From here we had views of Round Hill Head and on to Eurimbula National Park. There was so much to see and all from our elevated waterside ‘boat’.

We soon surfaced on one of the sand beaches and spotted a couple of Eurasian Oystercatchers who we were told mate for life.

After zipping along in the surf we eventually stopped on Eurimbula Beach for a few photo opportunities and to check out the amphibious vechile we were driving in.

It was so captivating to take in our remote location only accessible by water and in such an incredible vechile – truly eye catching!

We wandered along the beach taking in the wonderful vistas and were appreciative of the opportunity to see a place such as this, and join a tour we only booked the day before. Definitely recommend this 75min tour, which at just 45 dollars per head was very reasonable priced, and a great way to experience being on the water and seeing some of the local wildlife and nature.

The LARC is a former US military vechile acquired by the Australian govt post the Vietnam war in 1974. It then had a rebirth as a touring vehicle in 1994 and has been in service ever since.

After the tour finished mid-afternoon we returned to the beach, first to Workman’s Beach and then back to Agnes Water which had the benefit of being manned and where the waves were the most spectacular.

We enjoyed a couple more hours reading and relaxing on the beach before picking up the pace and taking a 3km walk along Agnes Water Beach towards the Joseph Banks Conservation Park and back.

It’s been another glorious day and one where we’ve been able to get a proper taste of life in Seventeen Seventy.

Tomorrow we are back on the road with a drive up to Tannum Sands & Boyne Island before reaching our nights stay in the city port of Gladstone.