{"id":2143,"date":"2025-09-14T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travlindaz.codersoft.com.au\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:00:49","slug":"sunday-september-14-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travlindaz.codersoft.com.au\/?p=2143","title":{"rendered":"Sunday September 14, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We didn’t drive very far, before seeing Frosty Mango. So that became our first stop. I had a muffin and a mango smoothie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back at the caravan park, there was a daddy and 3 baby cassowaries wandering around!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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