16.08.07

INGHAM

Left Kurrimine early and travelled to Cardwell where we stopped for a coffee and milk and bread. The weather continues to get better each day; in fact when we set up camp it was quite hot. Stopped at the lookout overlooking Hinchinbrook Channel, very spectacular and Di said it is better than Daintree.

Went on to Lucinda were I did some fishing from a short jetty with no result, but there were barra working the bait fish there. Spoke to a chap who was a retired pastor who fished there a lot both in boat and pier and he said the tides were all wrong, always bloody is!!!!!!!! The jetty here at 6 kilometers is the longest in the southern hemisphere.

As the park there was very full we went onto Ingham where we booked into the backyard of Hotel Noorla which was built in 1920’s by the Italians and is very quaint, really old world feel with timber walls and a display of butterfly and stuffed bird trays. Also a big wall display of old crockery and plates and saucers, really friendly laidback people in beautiful grounds.