02.08.07

Mossman

Went for a drive into Mossman and bought bread and milk, had a look at the sugar mill but not too close as it was very smelly. Drove up to the Mossman Gorge which is very nice with clear water cascading over the boulders and fish swimming.

Drove into a beach nearby and had lunch in the car as it is still quite blowy. This is true sugar cane country with the cane growing right up to the town and a network of cane trains running everywhere. The rain forest comes right down to the fields and is very dense.

When we arrived back to the park Kath and Ron had just pulled up, so we had a chat with them after tea.

Walked along the beach in the afternoon which is very long could be 4/5 k’s very sandy but a dirty colour and fringed with palm trees. Saw a dead turtle washed up and a chap pulled a basketball from the surf, makes you wonder where it came from!

(Saw the same people later at Etty Bay and they said that when the basketball had been pumped up it had burst as it was all perished.)