Friday, 6 July 2012

Day 9 - 4th July - Townsville to Cairns - 384 KLM





More white lines and sugar cain ! (MB)




Up early for a walk along Palerandera Bay. Another long drive out of Townsville through Thuringowa. It looked so much nicer than Tanya remembered. Lunch in Cardwell but it was blowing a gale so Hinchinbrook Island was not looking its best today. Emily finished her 2nd book for the trip. Amazing feat seeings as she hasn’t read a book this year! 
The kids must be getting bored with the car travelling as the schoolwork was started...but it was short lived. It was decided that no more would be done until school term resumes. Emily started reading another book instead! Lake Placid Campground is beautiful - Tanya redeemed herself with this choice. Tight next to the lake. Kyaks for hire but there are croc danger signs. Mark did some research on sighting history to find there was a sighting this time last year! It was decided that maybe Lake Placid wasn’t the best place to start water activities in our kyak. Got a lovely campsite at the back of the park. Arrived to find someone in our spot.  Assertive Mark confidently told him to move, which he did, at a painstakingly slow pace, then Mark tells Tanya to back the trailer in just to embarrass the bloke a little more! We are the only tent in the park and the age of the client can be guessed by the fact that there is only one female cubicle with a sanitation bin! 
(TB)





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