Innisfail & Babinda

Car wash here we come and it is just amazing how much red dirt we can get out of the car. We give it a good going over and it comes up surprisingly clean. The engine looks like brand new. Once again we have done another 10,000km so oil & filter changes are done and new bushes in the front sway bar. The right hand side bracket has had and will need replacing some time. A 4 wheel align reveals no problems and all is good again after the rugged time we gave the Tojo in cape York. Friday night saw the Saints knock of the bullies and thanks to and early SMS from Mel, I new the result early. This is QLD and we don’t get AFL live on channel 7.

We went to Babinda the home of the equal highest rainfall in Aus 6,000mm a year. Had a lock at the Boulders & Josephine falls. The van is all packed up and we give James & Helen the gifts we got them. They let us stay under their house in a self contained living area and allowed us to store our van while we were in Cape York, so a big thanks to them. Its not a big drive to where we are staying tonight a road stop on the Highway to Cairns. After the van is set up we go back to Josephine falls for a swim. It is busy and the water is cold but refreshing. We watch a movie even worse than Cherry2000 called Blood Dolls. I’m eagerly awaiting the start of the AFL to see Geelong whip the Magpies. They come through and give them a bath after a close first half. I hear form Arny & Stevo who are at Thebarton Oval watching Goody Saints win their 5th flag in a row and this year a new opponent in Henley. It cools down nicely in the evening.

No rain overnight but the sun is up and heating up in the van early as usual.
We are on the road and off to Paronella Park a castle built by one man in the 1930’s in a rain forest. After the van is set up we head down to Mission Beach for the markets. It is quite a tourist place with Dunk Island not far off shore.