Ingham

18/6/2013  Mission Beach

 

In the morning we went to see the Kurrimine Beach. It was nice to see a ocean again.  On the way back we stopped at the Murdering Point Winery, where they make wine from tropical fruits.

 

After that we drove to Mission beach. The tourist info centre there runs a "Tropical Fruit safari" where (for $8 per person) they cut up, and give for tasting a sample of each.  A local grower produces these varieties from all over the world .  Some of them cannot be transported, so are only available in tropical regions.

We did a bit of shopping, and were happy that fuel prices were back to normal.  After then just walked along the beach and finished the last (hopefully ever) of my XXXX gold.

 

 

 

19/6/2013 Ingham (free camp)

 

We left  Mission Beach thinking we were going to have a driving day, but the Tyto Wetlands centre changed our plans.  We had stopped there for lunch, and looking around, we found that the largest falls in Australia were just around the corner.

No caravans allowed, so we left the old girl in the car park, and headed to Wallaman falls.  This fall is the longest single drop in Australia, at 286m, its impressive.  We took a walk to the bottom through a beautiful rainforest, and when you get there, the wind and mist from the fall is awesome. The photo does not do it justice

On the drive in and back, there were cows everywhere, that are not nervous around cars, which is a good thing normally, because they don't panic and run crazy directions.  But these 2 laying on the road were that comfortable, they didn't even get up was we drove around them.

 

I didn't want to, but we stopped at the original "Pub with no beer". I thought they should be embarrassed about that, rather than embracing it.  It was quite modern, and not what we were expecting, so we read a poem or two than left. 

The free camp for tonight is right on the highway, but is protected by a couple of rows of heavy trees.Just a bit noisy.