There had been a bit of rain in the night, but it wasn’t raining when we woke up at 6.30. I moved my swag out (it was mostly dry) and got some breakfast organised. People had left the free BBQ covered in food and junk, which was annoying, so I cooked a few eggs back at camp. We then got everything packed up, and left camp by 8.30.
We didn’t drive very far, before seeing Frosty Mango. So that became our first stop. I had a muffin and a mango smoothie.
Back on the road, it didn’t take us long before reaching Ingham – famous for being the original “Pub With No Beer”. It was about 10.00, but we couldn’t NOT stop in there. We had an (alcoholic) ginger beer.
Another 30 minutes, and we made it to the Hinchinbrook Lookout. So we got out and had a look around. There was a second lookout, about a 150m walk so we did that too.
We continued through the mountains, and had a little bit of rain. We got to Caldwell around 11.45, so stopped at the big crab for a crab sandwich for lunch. We had a leg stretch too, and took some photos of the beach. The tide was in, so not much beach to see.
We were back in the car about 12.15, and making tracks to South Mission Beach, for tonights accommodation. Dark rain clouds were ahead of us.
We got to the Big 4 Caravan Park, and set up. I had a shower to freshen up, and then we went for a wander along the beach to check it out.
Back at the caravan park, there was a daddy and 3 baby cassowaries wandering around!
At 4.30(ish) we were picked up by the Hop On Tours bus, to take us to Mission Beach. We had found a brewery that did pizza and even had live music on a Sunday night! So sounded perfect for us. On the way in we also found out it was their 13th birthday, so lots of celebrating would be going on!
We got a table and tried their beers. The hazy was OK – nothing special, but probably good on a hot day when you just want a beer. We ordered some pizza’s and enjoyed the music, watching the crowd grow and grow as the evening progressed.
Over the course of the evening we chatted to a number of people, including the owner for a bit (Nick bought him a beer!) It was a great evening, but at 10.00 our ride home arrived. Pete went straight to bed, but Nick and I grabbed a couple of drinks and wandered around the beach.
