A town that has buildings like this can't be all bad

We have arrived in Mackay and were warned that we would love the deco buildings and have not been disappointed. There must have been a big building boom here in the 30's as most of the towns pubs are like this. BLISS.

The birthday was a great day, we started off at the movies to see the new Star Trek (as we are both ol' Trekkies) and fell in love with the new crew. The movie is great, it keeps all the tongue in check happening, the gags, the sometimes less than state of the art effects but it all comes together as a great two hour ride on the Enterprise 1701, bring on the next movie. From there it was off to dinner at the "Best" restaurant in town (as per the tradition). The restaurant was called "The Church on Palmer" and the food was fantastic. We both started with soft shell crab followed by Crispy skin duck and both courses were among the best we've had anywhere. Pity the wine list didn't match the food. All in all a great day. Our new neighbours dropped in for dinner last night so a quietish day will be had today.