Evil Oddie

Didn’t sleep very well.  Our cabin backed onto the highway. Lesson learnt: do not stay near a main road!  We had cereal for breakfast and Glen said that the GU was lacking in power so he changed the fuel filter and air filter again.

We went into Cairns to get another Air Filter and some diesel additive just in case there was algae in any of the diesel we got on the trip.

Heading south, we saw a sign for Boulders and we decided to go have a look.  It was beautiful and it started to rain on us during the walk.

Dog at Boulders

Dog munching on some fungus

Lunch stop was at Babinda Bakery.  Everything we got was yummy.

On our trip up, Glen saw the signs for Paronella Park and remembered going there when he was young.  He said he really liked it when he was young, so we went.  I have to say that it is definately worth the detour off the highway to check it out.  Jos’e Paronella had a dream of a castle and he decided to build it.  He borrowed some stuff that he probably shouldn’t have along the way, but it really is quite an experience.  If you want to stay there (caravan, camping only) book in.  We thought that we could stay there, but there wasn’t room for us.  We would’ve loved to do the after dark tour if we had’ve camped there.

Dog at Paronella Park

Dog on the Stairs

Glen was getting pretty tired, so we started to look for somewhere to stop.  It looked like rain so we decided not to camp.  We stayed at Port Hinchinbrook.  The cabin was awesome.  We got the Lake Cabin (more like drain cabin) because it had kitchen facilities.  There were two Queen size beds, so Glen and I took a bed each.  I slept really well even though we were right next to the highway (again - I can’t win!).

We got Fish and Chips (and salad for me) for dinner from Cardwell.  When trying to find somewhere to get F&C, we detoured and found the  Cardwell lookout.  It doesn’t look like many people come up to experience the view, but it’s really nice and it’s not that far from the highway.

Dog at the Cardwell Lookout