Bowen

Sunday, 29 June 2014

 

I’m sure the very heavy due this morning registered in Mackay’s official rainfall total.  Of course, this meant a gorgeous day was to follow, with the temperature quickly rising to 27 degrees.  We are finding that we are getting quicker at packing up after an overnight stop – or it just may be that someone is getting up earlier!

Apart from a very long freight train which we had to wait for, there wasn’t a lot of Sunday morning traffic about in Mackay.  As we headed north towards Proserpine, there was very little to look at apart from sugar cane, and then more sugar cane.  As we neared Bowen, the cane was replaced by vegetables – tomatoes, zucchinis, capsicums, etc.

We are staying at the BIG4 Coral Coast Caravan Park – not our first visit to this lovely park on the beach front.  Although the drive-thru sites are nice and long, the roads are quite narrow which means driving onto site can be very tight.  This year, a staff member arrived at our site to direct proceedings, which went well after parked cars were moved both in front and behind us.  The lovely gardens between sites and the friendliness of the staff and fellow travellers more than compensates for the parking.  The heat today meant that the washing dried very quickly and it also meant that the awning was very quickly unrolled.  Cat even ventured outside for a snooze in the shade.

We had a quick drive around the town and noted that the site of Darwin in the film “Australia” is up for sale.  We drove to the top of Flagstaff Hill to enjoy the views and have lunch in the café.  Lunch was shared with the 5,318 flies on the dining verandah – at least we used up lots of energy waving our hands.  A walk through the park along the beach front was much more enjoyable later in the afternoon.