Friday 15^th June- Lucinda

Yesterday afternoon we spent playing rummicub and a new game called sequence with our neighbours. Lovely people from Sydney who have travelled for about 12 years on and off. He was a teacher at Gymea high for 29 years. They were very entertaining and pleased to find someone to play games with. Sequence is a bit like Connect 4 but with cards. We won both games! Absolutely stunning park with loads of room.

Woke up to another glorious sunny day. We set off this morning and headed to Ingham. On the way stopped at Paluma National Park. We were very adventurous and went on dirt road and even through water. The water was only a few inches deep. It was so clear. We kept driving but came to a big dip in the road so backed up a hundred metres to a campsite. There were some sort of turkeys wondering around. We chatted to people from Perth who are permanently on the road and have no home. We didn’t go any further into the park.

Our exploration side trip

We continued on to Ingham - sugar cane country. Sugarcane on both sides of the road ready for harvesting. Also yesterday we saw pineapples growing.

sugar cane both sides of the road

We stopped at the information centre which is also the site for a lovely wetlands. This has been developed over the last few years and is lovely. There is a boardwalk through one part that Adrian and I went on. As always the people at the centre were very helpful. Ingham is about 20 kms inland and we wanted to stay on the coast and that is why we are at Lucinda on the coast. We did our shopping and headed off. This little village has a huge sugar loader, 5.75 kms long out into the water. We assume it is the main loader for Qld.

Sugar Loader - 5.75km out into the bay

Tyto Wetlands

Hinchinbrooke Island across for us

Yet another croc sighting

Adrian and I went for a ride this afternoon and found the other part of the village which has resort type style of accommodation. Our ride took us past mangroves and I thought I rode over the discarded skin of some sort of animal. At our park there are about 150 spots. These are mainly occupied by people staying here for 6 months. They come from down south. Some have been coming for over 20 years. Fishing is big here and they have vans, cars and boats. Many stay from March to October. The sites all have big awnings and the people also play golf and bowls. They got together for a chat about 5.00 so we joined them. They were very friendly. We walked to the beach and once again signs about crocodiles and recent sightings. The beach had people fishing and swimming. Last week apparently 2 crocodiles were sunning themselves where we saw people fishing and swimming today, and where we were walking earlier! We were recommended to have fish and chips at the local shop so we did. We had dinner overlooking the water. No crocodiles in sight! It should start to get busy here as the sugar cane is ready to be harvested. As we drove out from Ingham, the sugarcane railway lines criss-crossed the road everywhere so we may get to see them drive. We might go thru a mill and have a ride on a train.