On Our Way to Airlie Beach
Here we are 2 hours later
Main street
Port of Airlie - Sharon wanted to buy me the big one for my birthday - SORRY, already sold and I didn't like the small one
swimming area behind café strip main street of Airlie
Airlie Harbour
Apartments overlooking Airlie Beach
Flametree Caravan park Shute Harbour - Home for 3 days
Shute Harbour - could see Daydream and South Molle Islands from here
The OMG Hill at Hydeaway Bay
Hydeaway Bay just North of Airlie beach
Pimple in the bay.....Sharon's description! there were dozens of these in the Whitsunday regions
Just next door to Hideaway Bay, we didn't see any....Bugger!
Dingo Beach
Dingo Beach, people looking for pippies....I think
Drove past miles and miles of Sugar cane plantations and you drive through a bit of a rain forest and you find places like this!............
.......Cedar Creek Falls......Inland and South of Airlie Beach
Cedar Creek Falls
Then around the corner from The falls......Conway beach and guess what? the tide was out!
Now back to the park....leaving tomorrow for Townsville,
sorry not sure what day or date it is but who cares.
On our way to Townsville
Big mango - Bowen
View of Townsville from Castlehill Lookout
Pink Hill
Swimming lagoon The Strand Townsville
Beach behind The Strand
Turtles in the Ross River at Riverway
SouthTownsville
Ross River
Ross River
Happy hour at Black River Stadium CP
Guess what was the most popular item on the table?
Leaving tomorrow for Ingham, only 100k up the road
On our way to Wallaman Falls
me looking out
This was an awesome spot, well worth the drive and the WALK!
Back down the mountain to the seaside
Hinchinbrook Island
Hinchinbrook Island in the background,
the Worlds largest Island National Park
Hinchinbrook Channel
The Lucinda Jetty, the longest in Southern hemisphere,
6 kilometres long
Back to Ingham and the Palm Trees Caravan Park
Up the road again tomorrow for another 100ks or so,
Stopping at El Arish for 2 days.
Misty Mountains on the way to Tully
We made it to Tully
The big GumBoot.. look who's hiding from the tree frog
The Sugar MIll Tully
Dunk Island behind Bingil Beach
Mission Beach......... bit like a mini mini Byron Bay
The Jetty Narragon Beach
Hooray! Banana plantations for a change
We bought some, they were great
Followed the Tully River up to Tully Gorge looking for the white water rafters
a bus load of rafters had been dropped off at the top for their white water raft trip down
unfortunately we missed them and not able to get photos
but the scenery was great
bananas one side sugar cane the other
Cane cutters Cottage....would have been the envy of the area in its day
lots of old shacks on the drive to Paronella Park at Mena Creek
Paronella Park... a Spaniards dream, built in extraordinary conditions between 1930 and 35
not just a testament to one man but a testament to any one who fulfils a dream
El Arish Hotel .not far from Diggers Rest Caravan Park about 20k North of Tully
Next Stop - Cairns
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