January 25
Unfortunately today started out with an
alarm clock. We got up early to return our car and pick up our camper
van. Also unfortunately the campervan place did not open until 10:00
so we could have slept in. Instead we went for a sweaty walk
straight up a hill in the botanical gardens. Oh yes... the red trail.
Sweaty. We got to the camper van place and after a nearly
instantaneous 45 minutes we were good to go. We picked up our
monstrous camper van with a toilet we don't want to use and a shower
that we probably wont use and hit the road. First stop – The
Babina Boulders for a nice cool crocodile free swim. The next stop
was Josaphine Falls. It was a beautiful spot where Patrick, who
still had his bathing suit on, got to swim. Jill at the Babina rest
stop planned our route along the scenic Canecutter Hwy. In the
foreground was sugar cane and in the distance hills. Next up:
Cassowary Hunting at Mission Beach. Jill had seen one in thirty years
having lived in the area. Surely we would see one in the thirty
minutes that we spent at the beach. There were after all 10 billion
signs warning of cassowary crossings every fifty meters. The resident
population of 40 was too allusive for our keen senses. We continued
on to Balgal and stopped at a free camp spot. It is fully free of
any air conditioning and hence any sleep. I think I will pick the
camp spot tonight.
Traveller Tip: If travelling #1 down
the coast, turn off on 25 (Palmerston Hwy) onto Henderson Dr and then
onto Canecutter Hwy and then back to #1. It is a nice view and
doesn't add that much time.
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