We woke up, cooked breakfast in the camp kitchen (the BBQ hadn’t been cleaned by the last people to use it, so I used the frypan on their gas stove). We packed up camp and were on the road around 7.30. We weren’t frantic about it, but we just moved efficiently, to get to our next destination.

Notch Point is another place Trevor suggested we go to. We had thought about staying the night (free camp) but given there was nowhere to swim and cool off, I wasn’t keen. Apparently it is only possible to get in and out at low tide, hence us leaving early. So about 45 minutes later, we were there.

When Pete tried to turn the car around, the sand was quite soft, and he managed to get stuck. A few back-and-forths, and he was able to get it out, without any digging. We got out and walked around for a while, but it was already getting quite hot, and there was no shade. We were glad we had made the call not to stay, but also glad we made the effort to go there.

We then headed off to Sarina, and went to the Sugar Shed. We had an iced drink, but didn’t bother doing the tour, which shows how sugar cane is processed.

Since the car was in a good spot, we walked in to the centre of town, for a couple more photographs, and a spot of lunch…

Then we finally got to Mackay. Instead of bypassing, we drove through a bit of the town – just to say we’d done it. And then continued on to Seaforth, where we had managed to find a council caravan park. We found our parking spot, got set up, and then went for a swim in a netted area to protect from crocs.

Back at camp, it was beer-o-clock. One of our neighbours came over to say Hello – Barry. We got a chair out for him, and he joined us for a couple of drinks. An 82 year old man, who had just bought an $80,000 caravan, and a $60,000 car, and was travelling. He had lost everything in the black saturday fires back in 2009, his wife has dementia, so he’s just enjoying the rest of his life. He had come to the town for a week, and that was 2 weeks ago, and hadn’t been able to have a conversation with anybody at the park until now.

We cooked dinner, and then went to Barry’s site and spent the evening with him. He showed us in his van – awesome set up!