So it was about 6.30am we were up and discussing the bulls poo and we have awoken to an overcast sky. There was a few drops of rain while making the coffee this morning and Craig wanted to get on the road early this morning, because we were heading for Cairns for today - 577klms. We just made coffee this morning, packed up and it was time to say goodbye to Jim & Ev (they aren't continuing on with us now). On the road about 7.50am heading to Musgrave Station for breakfast. We've had cows on the road this morning, nearly collected one of the stupid things while travelling on a bitumen section. Not too much traffic on the road this morning, but it is early. Arrived at Musgrave about 9.30am, ordered breakfast - Hamburger for Craig, BLT for me. Very nice, although I'm told the burger was good, it's not as good as the Archer River Burger. Back on the road south to Laura by 9.45am. We've seen 2 broken camper trailers this morning on the side of the road being fixed - they were heading north, so not a good start and they've got a long way to go and the roads don't get better.....
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The road south from Musgrave is really good at the moment. It's 12.15pm and we've passed through Laura, but we did have an unplanned stop earlier when Boris decided to throw up in the car - luckily in the mat in the passenger footwell (It's all cleaned up now). We're heading toward Lakeland now, after stopping outside Laura to put air in the tyres as we are back on bitumen now, except for the roadworks. Spotted a Bustard Bird walking across the road in front of us - odd looking birds really.
We had to stop because Boris was going to throw up again, at least he took himself straight down into the footwell, but Craig had already started to pullover so we got him out of the car in time - we figure he must have eaten something this morning while we were on the Coen River. He's not well, poor little fellow - we'll keep an eye on him and if need be will find a vet.
1.30pm Stopped at Mt Carbine for lunch (not that hungry, but will give Craig a break - he's very determined to reach Cairns today). Kept heading for Mossman, then we'll head south along Capt Cook Highway to Cairns. We also needed to find a Dan Murphy's in Cairns when we get there, to get some decent wine & full strength beer. Cairns and all the little northern beaches seemed to have joined together now and there is heaps of traffic - good timing, it's peak hour (Agghhhh not ready for people and traffic!). Finally found Dan Murphy's at 4pm, so stocked up and kept heading south to the free camping rest area at Babinda. Craig didn't want to stay in a caravan park and Babinda was the nearest free camp to Cairns. Felt like it took forever to actually get out of Cairns, it's grown into a very large city since we were here last.
Finally arrived at Babinda rest area around 5.30pm and we were rather surprised to find it very packed - there were more caravans, RV's, care etc., packed into this little area then if we had of stayed in a caravan park. It's a lovely little area, but obviously a very popular stopover. We found a little bit of land big enough to open the camper up, between a caravan and the road into the rest area - not the best spot, but beggers can't be choisers. We forgot to take meat out of the freezer today, so we'll be having BLT's for dinner. Have mobile coverage again, so caught up on some phone calls with Craig's dad, our friend Dave & Simo. Had dinner and went to bed, boy was very tired after the drive today - 645klms all up, with about 250klms of that dirt roads that required Craig's full attention. One rum & coke and boy was alseep - Goodnight :)
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