Karumba Monday 30th April 2012

Apologises to anyone who had been following our trip to Karumba and was wondering what happened to the remainder of our trip.  We had some indecisive/untidy weather one night when I was planning on updating, then we had some coverage issues for a few days after that and of course once we got back home, work was busy etc., etc., and our poor blog got pushed back in the list of things to do.

Now I'm sort of winging it a bit from memory due to the fact one of the things I forgot to pack on our trip was my trip journal....  I know right, usually one of the most important things I pack and I left it sitting on the kitchen bench!
Now where were we - that's right Mount Surprise was my last post.

So we were on the road by around 8am, continuing east/north east toward Innisfail past Ravenshoe.  Coming through the Atherton Tablelands we came across our first bit of rain, but it was still very pretty.












We took the turnoff to Millaa Millaa to get through to Innisfail - the road is a winding, narrow road but beautiful scenery.

From Innisfail we headed south on the Bruce Highway toward Balgal Beach.  We took a little detour around Cardwell to see how it's recovery was going - you can still see the evidence of Cyclone Yasi, but the town is looking good.  Our destination tonight is the free camp site at Balgal Beach (dogs allowed, toilets, on the creek and a small cafe close by that does meals and has some grocery items available.), but as we found out upon arriving, a small camping area.

We turned off the highway making our way slowly to Balgal Beach (we got stuck behind a small motorhome), upon arriving at the camp area we realised it is somewhat popular....  We waited a bit for the motorhome people to decide where they were going to park, then they realised we were also wanting to camp for the night......  Craig got out and went over to see where they wanted to setup and spoke with the poor lady who had the only spare space for both us to setup right next door.  It seem to be quite an involved decision for the older couple in the motorhome, but Craig eventually sorted it out with them, so we could both fit in.  We gave them a hand to level up their motorhome, then set ourselves up.  The lady in the caravan we camped next too was somewhat nervous when the motorhome was being reversed up onto chocks, if the older gent got it wrong it was their car that was the back stop!

Everything sorted, Craig went off to do a spot of fishing on the creek while the sun set.  I was busy downloading photos and writing the previous post on our blog.  There was lots of activity to amuse oneself with - more caravans, troopies and a lady trying to reverse a trailer down the boat ramp.  Eventually Craig came back (empty handed of course ) and he decided to take Boris over and say hi to our caravan neighbours, while I finished doing what I was doing.  Ok, dinner tonight was again seafood - King Salmon, Garlic Prawns, boiled Mud Crab and chips from the cafe.  The seafood in our freezer seems endless doesn't it!