Thursday 18th August
RIP Alfie. We'll miss you.
RIP Alfie. We'll miss you.
A quick drive down to Shute Harbour before heading off this morning. Shute Harbour is a few km's down a dead end road from Airlie, but it's a nice scenic drive.
Shute Harbour is a harbour. It has: a ferry terminal; loads of boats moored in the harbour; a hundred cars with (empty) boat trailers parked by the boat ramp; a motel that wouldn't look out of place in a 1950's American road movie and for no apparent reason a four storey car park. Pretty harbour though.
Our drive down the Bruce Highway is made more entertaining by the road signs that start appearing just after MacKay:
3 hours to Rocky (Rockhampton)
Still a long way to go kids
How long to go Mum?
How long to go Dad?
Are we there yet?
Mind you I'm not sure how funny the signs would be if we were travelling with 4 kids (who could read).
We had originally planned to stop for the night at a little place called Armstrongs Beach. But having arrived there about 1:00pm and discovering it's a beach but not that attractive a beach and that the caravan park doesn't look that inviting. We decided to just have lunch and move on.
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| But you can launch your boat straight off the beach |
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| It's quite popular with the duck set too |
Our second choice is much better. For a start it's free. Secondly, it is right on the beach with ocean and island views from the windows of MM. Honestly some of these free camps are amazing.
Educational note: Clairview Beach is one of only three places between Cairns and Coolongatta where the Bruce Highway touches the coast. Funnily enough I said to Di this morning "this road isn't very coastal at the moment."
(afternoon TED)
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| Our "free" view |
Special note 10:24pm: lesson for today - Do NOT park next to a train line
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