We are now in the beautiful tropical paradise of Mission Beach for a couple of days; a camp right on the beach. We will be in Cairns tomorrow. The drive here was magnificent; lush and green with mountains and sugar cane fields all around us. The towns we passed through are lovely and some have very old store fronts......as if time stood still.
There have been a couple of cyclones forming offshore however we have been fortunate and have only had a few hours of rain today. Cyclone Odette that had been forming off this coast has turned into a low pressure area which brought the rain. Darwin got hit hard by a cyclone a couple of days ago. The Ghan (train) was stopped at Katherine and could not go any further due to swamping of the track. We had met a few people headed Darwin way a few days ago and are wondering how they made out.
The other evening, in the pool in Townsville, we heard someone say "hi guys" as he dived into the pool It was Nigel (the mechanic whose tool box was a bucket of water) and his partner Kat who we'd met in Darwin. Kat told us that as they walked to the pool, Nigel said "I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Bob and Sharon here." We were thrilled to see them however Bob says that we have probably been in Australia too long when we run into people we know.
Here are the photo's:
Camels along the highway to Townsville
Photo's: Downtown Townsville; Interesting feature to disguise overhead wires; Townsville and Magnetic Island from the top of the mountain
Artwork at the top of the mountain
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