Guess what? Raining again…time to move on!
We reluctantly packed up in the rain, which is always a pain no matter what you travel in. Our plan today to head into Innisfail and then out onto the Palmerston Highway to Heinrietta Campground. We said bye to Andrew and Liz who we had enjoyed a few nice chats with and headed out from the Boulders through Babinda and onto the Bruce Highway to Innisfail. We arrived at Innisfail around lunchtime and decided to take a break, get a few basic supplies, such as milk and bread and then continue on.
Leaving Innisfail we received a phone call from Colleen (the kids teacher) and the kids had a chat with her and sang her a few songs they had learnt. We stopped on the side of the road while the kids spoke with Colleen for about half an hour.
Back on our way we arrived at the Hienrietta Campground about 2:30pm with a plan to check out some local waterfalls. The Palmerston Highway and surrounds are home to heaps of fantastic waterfalls so long as you don’t mind a small walk. Unfortunately when we got to camp we spent the rest of the afternoon trying to find the source of some water we had found in the van. We checked everything and came up with a blank, this even included flushing the hot water system.
With the time at 4:00pm and no water in the tanks (oops) we had to fill one of the tanks 20L at a time over a distance of about 100m and to make matters worse a tap which you needed to hold on that was little more than a trickle. This took a considerable amount of time and allowed me to get soaked as the rain persisted. This achieved it was time for dinner and bed.
Bushman Bud…Enjoying Australia