Cape York 2011 - Wednesday 17/8/11

FINALLY!!!!  We've left Yay.
10.50am Finally packed and ready to go.  Now to call in & see Craig's oldies to say goodbye and we're out of here.
11.25am  We're travelling north !!!  First stop overnight will be Monduran Dam just north of Gin Gin and a chance to catch up with Craig's old mate Rob Howell.  Rob & his wife Kelly run the Monduran Dam Holiday Park.  Terrific place to stay for a night or a week.  You can catch Barramundi in the dam if they're biting or just relax around the lovely campgrounds. Rob & Kel are lovely hosts, go see them! 

Quick comfort stop & lunch to go at the Matilda Curra (my good friend Bree will remember this place from our road trip last year to Rosslyn Bay).
We've decided one day when we pass through Apple Tree Creek that we are going to stop at "Sticky Beaks" for pizza, because it looks like a great little place to get a great pizza in bizzare place on the highway.
Our friend Simo called to say he was heading to Double Bay 9miles north of Airlie Beach (he owns a 50ft motor cruiser) to anchor for a few days.  We will be joining Simo on his floating gin palace (nickname for boat) on our way back down the coast for a few days cruising around the Whitsundays!  Ahhh  what a life.....
Arrived at Monduran Dam at 3.30pm , signed in and chose our campsite (the same one we had last year when we stopped in).  Left a message at the office for Rob that we were here.  Rob popped in not long after we had opened the camper up and of course Craig handed him a beer after hand shakes and cuddles were exchanged.  The boys have just gone off with the dogs (Boris our 14mth Staffy and Bazza, Rob's 3yo staffy), to look at his piece of land just back down the road a bit.
All up can't complain, we've left home heading north on our way to Cape York again!!  Photo's to come, internet to slow to load them tonight.  Photo's on now.