Innisfail

26th Aug
       We said goodbye to John & Sue this morning as they headed to Cardwell on their way home after being in each others company for just over 3 months.This was the park we stayed at in Cairns.

I had a quick shot out the window soon after we left of the unusual shaped range.

Only single lane hwy with very short passing lanes but not too much traffic. The park in Innisfail was walking distance to town & Allan loved our site with river views. After settling in we were told the resident croc had been sunning himself on a sandbank earlier when the tide was out! The neighbour commented that the croc only came up the bank to our site & didn't bother the rest of the campers! Ha Ha!

We did a walk to town & really nice art deco buildings after the town was rebuilt following a cyclone in the 1930's.

Quite a busy town with both major supermarkets

Two rivers meet & become a very wide one which follows thru the town.

27th Aug
  Decided to pack a picnic lunch & visit a couple of the bays. We drove to Etty Bay first which was quite a climb up & then down to find not much parking as a group were having a school reunion. We had a coffee at the only shop & then walked along the beach. Allan spotted something Sue had been hoping for but the phone had a dirty lens so photos not as clear as they should be.

It was a Cassowary trying to get into someones lunch which they had left while going down to the water.

Allan went to get closer & the bird chased him around a treeso  we decided to picnic elsewhere as didn't want company!

We drove to Mourilyan Harbour which is the main loading port for exported sugar in this region.No picnic spots here so drove to Coquette Pt. No parking at all but a nursery called Lavender & Lace had a drive in so went to investigate. We were heading into the nursery when a lady came up from behind us & we explained we weren't coming to purchase but wanted somewhere to eat our lunch. She offered us her boathouse & took us thru to their private property.A nice walk!

We decided to take our own chairs & not sit in the boathouse & were told not to sit under the coconut trees as they were laden. The house was something else & a magic spot where the husband fished with success.

We felt very spoilt to be offered such a unique picnic spot & later wandered around the huge nursery which was showing signs of neglect.

Amazing how a simple plan can turn into a magical day finished by the croc splashing below around 8pm catching fish for his dinner. I cooked outside & was worried he might come to visit as we could see his outline even though it was dark. Scary. Love Bev & Allan.