Despite our planning, the weather did not play the game properly, and we had cloudy cool conditions most of the day. This did not however deter from the wonderful experience, and we loved it - great scenery, staff, activities and beautiful food. We walked to several lookouts which made the effort worthwhile as we looked down over the spectacular Whitehaven Beach.
The sand at Whitehaven is very different to other beaches being so pure and white.
It really wasn’t warm enough to swim, but we did enjoy a paddle and even a beer and wine on the beach. We saw this replica ship in harbour then again on the waters which was quite regal. The boats we saw in the harbour were amazing - Dennis and Darryl chatted to a deckhand on one boat which was worth $20million!! Unbelievable!!
Back at camp, bird feeding was a 4pm activity, and we had a visit from a curlew each night.
We moved on yesterday and are enjoying the tranquility of a farm stay out of Bowen. We cooked our fresh calamari over the campfire - then enjoyed beautiful prawns! We had a look around Bowen and made some enquires about where to go next. We’re actually at our turn around point aside we’ll start heading west then gradually south. Our time in this beautiful part of the world was marred a little by these pesky sandflies - even Darryl got attacked and we spent several very itchy nights, until we took an antihistamine tablet and bingo - itches gone (but big welts remain!) . So our destination is still unknown but one thing we do know is that we’ll be avoiding highways and seeking out of the way locations. Today our thoughts are with Mila playing her first A grade netball game and the family gathering for Dusty’s celebrations. The service here isn’t adequate to post this, so I’m hoping along the way today I’ll be able to sneak enough time to send it off. Good luck to all sporting ventures today and until the next blog, we send our love. ❌❌❌❌
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