Scenic (apparently) viewpoint just outside Ingham
Awoke to 15 new bites on my legs this morning and Andrew was about the same too. I swear the unhygienic conditions of our room played a part in this!
We were packed an in the car by 9am – temperature 29 degrees celcius.
On the way to Ingham yesterday I spotted a viewpoint just outside the town so we decided to drive back and take a look at it…unfortunately it turned out to be a little overgrown and not worth getting the proper cameras out for! I did enjoy reading various messages written on the barriers there though…
Messages on the barriers
Messages on the barriers
Next stop today was Lucinda. A small village with an apparently lovely 6km long pier used to transport sugar to the ships. Well, contrary to what Lonely Planet say, it’s not lovely! However, I did enjoy seeing it so it wasn’t a total waste of a trip!
Famous Lucinda Pier
Side note: I’d be interested to know what the flat topped trees with red berries on that I keep seeing are called…any ideas?
Our next scheduled stop was Jourama Falls but, despite the 3km walk, I decided against it because of the rain.
Instead we checked into the Coolabah Motel (review coming soon) and headed into Townsville for something to eat.
I was surprised to see pretty much everything was closed, it seems Australia doesn’t function after lunchtime on a Saturday till Monday morning! We finally stumbled across Molly Malones, an Irish bar famous for its crumbed steak, apparently. So, as it was famous, we had to try it.
Two Decent and well cooked portions of steak in breadcrumbs with lashings of gravy and chips – lovely.
After lunch I popped to the Museum of Tropical Queensland to get myself a book on wildlife you can find in Queensland. It was driving me crazy not being able to identify most of the bugs etc we were seeing and I’d given up asking Andrew…it seems the phrase ‘older and wiser’ doesn’t apply to him 
Believe it or not we actually got back to the hotel and fell asleep around 4pm! We didn’t wake up till about 7am the next day either!
