20 August – Wednesday
Two months since we left home. The weather today is a bit iffy, cloudy, breezy and a bit cooler, about 23 degrees.
We had a drive to Mission Beach this morning – a fair amount of development going on in the area, complete with a big, new Woolworths and service station (diesel $1.61). We thought South Mission Beach was nicer, with the street running along the beachfront and some very nice houses in this area. Although there were no shops at South Mission Beach, apart from the small one at the caravan park, it wasn’t very far to the supermarket.
Mission Beach is famous for cassowaries and there were plenty of roadside warning signs. Unfortunately, their rainforest habitat is fast disappearing because of all the development.
We continued to Tully, climbed up the big gumboot and looked at the sugar mill, which is in full swing at the moment. The gumboot is the height of the rainfall Tully received in 1950 – 7.90 metres!
We made a detour into Silkwood on our return. Not much happens in Silkwood – there is a pub and police station.
Two months since we left home. The weather today is a bit iffy, cloudy, breezy and a bit cooler, about 23 degrees.
We had a drive to Mission Beach this morning – a fair amount of development going on in the area, complete with a big, new Woolworths and service station (diesel $1.61). We thought South Mission Beach was nicer, with the street running along the beachfront and some very nice houses in this area. Although there were no shops at South Mission Beach, apart from the small one at the caravan park, it wasn’t very far to the supermarket.
Mission Beach is famous for cassowaries and there were plenty of roadside warning signs. Unfortunately, their rainforest habitat is fast disappearing because of all the development.
We continued to Tully, climbed up the big gumboot and looked at the sugar mill, which is in full swing at the moment. The gumboot is the height of the rainfall Tully received in 1950 – 7.90 metres!
We made a detour into Silkwood on our return. Not much happens in Silkwood – there is a pub and police station.
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