Etty Bay

Mon 4^th Aug 

There were showers through the night and it was quite a dull day so we decided to drive up to Etty Bay because we had heard good things about it.  In Camps Australia 7 it is listed as a day visit area, but there is a small caravan park right over the road from the beach. The water was grey and a bit rough, but we were in an area protected from the wind. We went in the office, which also served food and general goods to get the info on prices etc. - $30 per night.

 

 

The park is quite small and very popular, so they suggested that bookings are essential. They had one site we could have had that night, but not the next. We will definitely put it on our agenda next time we are up this way. 

 

 

Later while I sat in the car waiting for Mick in the loo, two cassowaries strolled up and around the car and onto the beach. There was a male and a female and they just strolled around totally ignoring us. Then the male dropped a big turd – and I mean big. It would rival a cow turd in size. Now we know why one of the residents who chatted to us said that they are a pain in the you know what. Imagine stepping out of your van into that, you would be up to your ankle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later as we were driving home along the Tully Mission Beach road we saw another two cassowaries between the rainforest and the edge of the road. 

 

 

At Mission Beach we bought some fish and chips for lunch and went down to the beach to eat it. When we opened the parcel we found that the two pieces of barra that we ordered had multiplied to six. Somewhere else a family of six were probably sharing the two pieces that they got.