The Woodies Travel

The drive seemed long from Townsville to near Proserpine. We travelled through land that was so much like the land we have travelled over for much of the trip - savannah woodland, but there were also flat coastal plains covered in sugar cane or bare except for grass to feed the grazing cattle. Every now and again we would smell a caramel fragrance wafting in the air , which we first noticed when visiting Gordonvale, and then there was a sugar mill. As we neared the Whitsundays the growth along by the road became thicker and included pandanus, palms and creepers growing in the trees. At first we were allocated a space in the caravan park that had a palm growing one third of the way across the space making it too difficult to park but we managed to get a different space and the park manager parked the van for us. We then discovered our feathered neighbours - two curlew so we should get some screeching noises tonight. We did a quick wander along the main street and near to beach at Airlie before going to Cannonvale to Get the Weekend Australian, always a priority for John. Looks like the wind should be right for a reef cruise on Monday. If not we will just have to stay here a bit longer!!