We're offSept 25 Sydney (Beahces)Sept 26 Sydney (walking tour)Sept 27 Flight to Brisbane28Sept SPACESHIPSept 29th KillarneySept 30th Killarney to Glen Innes1Oct Glenn Inns to Warren2Oct Warren to White Cliffs3Oct White Cliffs to Broken Hill4Oct Broken Hill to Flinders Rangers5Oct – Flinders RangersOct 6 – Flinders to Port Augusta7 Oct - Port Augusta to Coober Pedy7Oct - What have we learnt so far…7Oct - Next up8 Oct – Coober Pedy to Mt Ebenezer9 Oct Mt Ebenezer to Yulara10 Oct Ayers Rock to Alice Springs11 Oct Alice Springs to Tennant Creek.12 Oct Tennant Creek to CloncurryOct 13 Cloncurry to Karumba14 Oct Karumba to Ravenshoe15 Oct Ravenshoe to Yungaburra16 Oct Yungaburra to Cairns (Palm Cove)17 Oct Palm Cove to Port Douglas18 Oct Port Douglas to Newell Beach19 Oct Newell Beach to CairnsOct 20 Cairns to Bingal Bay (Mission Beach)Oct 21 Bingal Bay (Mission Beach)Oct 22 Bingal Bay (Mission Beach)Oct 23 Bingal Bay - InghamOct 24 Ingham - Home HillOct 25 Home Hill to ProserpineOct 26 Proserpine to RockhamptonOct 27 Rockhampton to 1770Oct 28 1770Oct 29 1770 to Bundaburg (Burnett Heads)Oct 30 Burnett Heads – Tin Can BayOct 31 TinCan Bay to Rainbow beachNov 1 Rainbow beach to CaloundraNov 2 Caloundra to Main armNov 3 Main arm to Byron BayNov 4 Byron Bay to WooliNov 5 WooliNov 6 Wolli to BerrimaBerrima to Eltham (Melbourne)Nov 8 - 22 Eltham (Melbourne)nov 23 Eltham to Ballaratnov 24 Ballarat to Mt GambierNov 25 Mt Gambier to PortlandNov 26 Portland to Port CampbellNov 27 Port Campbell to LorneNov 28 Lorne to JanJucNov 29 Jan Juc to CoolendinaDec 3 Coolendina to Ryenov 30 to Dec 2 Surf Coast
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Mission Beach, Australia
We headed to Etty Bay for the cassowaries but they were no where to be found. Our inquiries to the locals were met with torrid rants about how these birds were a pest and how the world will be better off once they are extinct. Despite the negative feedback we decided to stick around for a bit and Marc-André dominated a quick game of tv tag while we waited for the birds to make an appearance but alas they could not would want to show. We made our way to Bingal Bay (ça rime en crime) just outside of Mission Beach and settled into the suggested council park right next to the beach.
Our neighbours were Mark & Liz who had just sold everything to buy a caravan and travel around Australia. We have met quite a few people who have embraced this alternative nomad lifestyle. We got to chatting about fishing and our hammerhead shark experience. Mark happened to be an ex commercial fisherman and told us about a friend of his in Wooli who still is a commercial fisherman and who might take us out. We will definitely give him a ring when we get to his ‘hood.
We had picked up some fresh prawns at a roadside stall for dinner that night so we would be “putting another shrimp on the barb-e” to go with a Thai inspired rice dish made using our fresh coconut milk. For those of you who don’t know, prawns are basically shrimp before they have been beheaded, peeled, decrotified, cooked, frozen, vacuum packed and shipped half way around the world to be the guest of honour at your next cocktail party.
While we were preparing dinner we met Peter and Diana who were very excited to see our fresh coconut as they had a trunk full themselves. We chatter briefly about the health properties of the coconut then Marc-André headed to a picnic table next to the water where we enjoyed our meal while listening to the waves lapping against the shore and polished what would be our last bottle of fine wine. We had picked it up at the Murdering Point Winery. You could say it was… To Die For! MUAHAHAHA
You may be wondering, like we were, what the deal is with Murdering Point. Well, it seems there is a shallow rock shoal jutting out from this point where a number of boats capsized in the late 1700’s. Ahhhhh… BUT a capsized boat is not murder now is it. The survivors would swim to shore where they were met by a cannibalistic tribe who had been waiting patiently for the main course to arrive. ***The More You Know***
The wine was delicious but it wasn’t the only thing that was dry at the Murdering Point Vineyard. The customer service was seriously lacking and the lady definitely earns her status as face de cul de bois.
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