Apr 10 and 11 and 12

Aahhh! We are headed back to Brisbane now, having fallen in love with the whole area of northern Queensland. You could easily spent a month up here and still not see all that there is to see! We left the Atherton Tablelands heading towards Innisfail, we have to get in about 500 kilometers the first two days and A Iittle less the third day, getting us into Brisbane on Monday April 13 at a decent time. That way we should have some time Monday to start sorting out our stuff and cleaning out the van. The van needs to be handed back on Tuesday around 4:00 pm.

Notice the Similar Smiles?

 

On the 10th we covered km arriving at Home Hill around 4:30. Home Hill is a free camping area in the heart of the town, next to the old railway station. The station is no longer used and is a sort of museum, but, there are plenty of trains that go by during the evening and night. This is still a nice spot because they have picinic tables, a nice lawn and great toilet facilities with showers, and it is right down town incase you need anything. Of course we were to bed early and up by 06:00 on the 11th.

View From the Top of the Van

On the 11 th we drove to Clareview, about 450 km for the day. Clareview is a pay site on the shores of the Coral Sea. We got a great spot to ourselves on about 10 hectare of land, right next to the ocean. We set up and walked out onto a sandy spit for a couple of pictures. The tide was coming in and Di got her feet wet as the sandy spit she was standing on for a picture became surrounded by water. The. Ight looked very clear and warm so we decided to sleep on the top of the van tonight. This is just about the only chance we have had due to all the rain. There were no lights of about a quarter mile and no real community for much farther. The stars were just incredible as we lay ther atop the van.. I had set up a wind screne so it was comfortable all night up there.

 

In the morning we were off by 07:30 and managed to cover 542 km for the day, arriving just north of Childers around 2:30. We had picked up some food at a small community called Gin Gin, west of Bundeburg so we settled in for some rum rum and wine wine at the campsite. It will be an easy drive into Brisbane tomorrow were we will set up at the Brisbane Caravan Park again and start to sort out all the crap we have in the van.

 

 

 

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