Stony Creek is a large camping and picnic area, with the main feature being, of course, the creek that divided those two areas. To cross there is a concrete causeway which is covered by about 10cm of water in normal flow. After heavy rain the picnic area is sometimes cut off because the causeway is too deeply covered.

Stony Creek has many important facilities such as toilets, free gas barbeques, picnic tables, taps, and bushwalks. Because the Stony Creek area is protected, no domestic animals such as dogs or cats are allowed. There is one marked bushwalking track, which winds along beside the creek for kilometres. The main circuit is only about 1km long however.

Camping can be booked through the EPA website.

Below I’ve put in some photos of Stony Creek from the day:

The Stony Creek crossing, looking towards the entrance and camping area.

The Stony Creek swimming area. This is the main swimming area, looking from the road crossing.

Looking in the other direction from the above photo, Stony Creek merrily continuing on its way downstream.

This view shows the platform on the picnic side of Stony. This is where most people jump in the creek from. The drain in the middle helps keep the water level over the crossing down.

Water spilling over the other side of the road crossing.

Looking over the road crossing towards the day use area of Stony Creek.

A small bridge on the main walking track. The blurred corners are an added effect.

One of the many lovely plants growing along the walking track.

Rows of pine trees on either side of the road on the way out from Stony Creek. Again, I’ve added the blurred corners.

Last but not least, above are the two panoramas that I made from photos taken at Stony Creek. Click on the thumbnail images to see the full-size versions.

We went the Tanby Road way, as the Scenic Route is too long. On the way to Emu Park we detoured down a road that looked interesting. Suddenly we rounded a corner and looked down on the a big beach (bigger than Yeppoon Main Beach, see photo below) with nobody on it! It was fairly amazing, because the beach is so big yet very tucked away. I looked at all the houses as we drove back up, and it seemed as if a 1/3 of them had boats. One even had a tractor in their front yard!

Continuing on our way, we arrived at Emu Park where we chose Bell Park to have lunch at. While mum was serving, I wandered around and took the photos of the trees that you can if you read on.

After lunch (which was very nice) I looked around down on the ground and saw the bits of rubbish below. I decided that with a bit of artificial contrast added later, they would make nice pictures. Tell me if if I was right by leaving a comment.

We then went over to the beach where the sand was so hot that if I didn’t have shoes on my feet would have been burnt! There was an old pipe and jetty on the beach, and they are perfect for photographing. I took a photo too (surprise, surprise!).

As the beach was proving to be a bit too hot, so we walked up the hill to see the singing ship. For those who don’t know what the singing ship is, I have written the explanation that follows:
The singing ship is a monument, built to honour Captain James Cook who discovered the Keppel Bay area when he was exploring the East Australian Coast. The ship is called the singing ship because of the sounds it makes when the wind blows. To make these sounds, lots of pipes that vary in thickness have been been attached to the supporting pole. To illustrate this, I took some photos of the singing ship that can be seen below. The photos have been modified.

Once the singing ship had been admired enough, we walked down the road towards the surf lifesaving club. About halfway there, someone saw a person with a parachute coming down to land on the beach. We ran the rest of the way, but we still missed the landing. Below is a photo of the parachutist coming in to land. On that day alone we saw about 4 parachutists floating down from the clouds!

And that just about concludes our day at Emu Park. We also went to look at some of the new developments, such as Seaspray, but they weren’t very interesting. I was, however, amazed at the size of the Seaspray sales office.