So after the busy-ness of day 10, a good nights sleep saw a late wake up at 8.45am, which caused something of a rush to get ready to check out by 10am.
First up was a visit to Barinda for the largest Bcon Sarnie known to man and a visit to the tourist information for things to do on our trip south during the day. First up was visits to two waterfalls in the rainforest, Barinda Boulders and Josephine Falls. Both were very nice to look at and although areas were set aside for swimming we decided, that we'd spent enough time in the H2O for the time being and gave it a miss.
A short journey south to Flying Fish point for an ice cream before heading to the Mission Beach area for lunch and a nosey. This area is a world heritage site as it's the only place in the world where you can see a reef, beach and rainforest all in one place. The area is famous for the Cassowary birds, and there are all kinds of signs warning you to not drive into them. Sadly we didn't see any wild ones, although we did see a wild wallaby (not a kangaroo, as informed by Amanda)!
We then hit the road with the intention of overnighting in Townsville. A few stops for interesting sights saw us see the Golden Welly in Tully, created to underline it's status as Australia's wettest place and physically showing what 8m of rainfall looks like, which fell in 1950.
We arrived in Townsville relatively late, but managed a quick shower before dinner in The Brewery in Townsville, a lovely bar/restaurant in the refurbished old Post Office. the campsite again is close enough to the sea to just about hear the waves breaking on the beach (albeit the cars on the road between us and the beach are somewhat louder!)
Onwards to Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays tomorrow!
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