{"id":2173,"date":"2025-09-15T18:50:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travlindaz.codersoft.com.au\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:00:58","slug":"monday-september-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travlindaz.codersoft.com.au\/?p=2173","title":{"rendered":"Monday September 15, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was dry when I went to bed, but the rain came at 4.30ish. Pete woke me about 5.45, saying there was a break in the rain, so I got up and packed my swag up. Nick was a bit worse for wear, so after rolling his swag up, he had a lay down on Pete’s bed. I made breakfast in the camp kitchen, and the heavy rain started. It came and went a few times. At one of the breaks we rolled up the awning, and left about 9.15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had noticed something on the way in, so we went back a few km to get a photo of…The Big Bikini!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then in to town for a photo of the big Cassowary…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then it was on our way to our final destination – Ellis beach. En route, we saw Charley’s Chocolate Shop, so decided to check it out. But we were disappointed to see it was closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And so we went on. We were going through a town just before 12.00, so decided to get some food. It started raining, and finding a parking spot wasn’t happening, so we ended up getting pretty wet running in to the first place, which looked pretty dodgy. So back to the car, drive a bit more, and we managed to find a cool retro diner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had to fill up with fuel, and then finally got to Trevor Hill’s house – an old skydiving friend (who actually was one who helped me on my instructor course all those years ago). Trevor and Tracy have a great house, with an amazing man cave, filled with a couple of boats, a caravan, and all the tools you could ever need!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We stopped off at the war museum, to lend them a hand…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then at the supermarket for some eggs for tomorrow, and finally made it to Ellis Beach. It was a beautiful caravan park, but the spot we had was quite small, and had concrete underneath the sand at areas, so there was a lot of trouble pegging Nick’s swag in. The rain didn’t make the situation any easier, but eventually we were set up. I was looking forward to a sunrise over the ocean view in the morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For dinner we cut up and fried some potatoes, did vegies inside, and had the barramundi we had bought the other day. OH MY GOD! It was cooked perfectly, despite the challenge of the heat. We all thoroughly enjoyed the food, despite the dampener put on by the rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few more drinks and chatting, and eventually we called it a night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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