Town of 1770

Today was a travelling day. At last we felt confident enough that the roads to the north would be open.
We hitched up at 7am and headed north out of the city on The Bruce Highway. The journey was completely uneventful. Turning off the highway near Bundaberg we travelled through lush farmland with macadamia nut groves and sugar cane plantations.
We reversed onto our site at Captain Cook Bush Camp just before 2pm.
The new tropical roof A made to replace the old one fitted nicely and by 4pm our set up was complete. We were both very hot and very sticky, so enjoyed a cold beer prior to a refreshing shower.
Our neighbours on site were a couple from Melbourne who were awaiting the arrival of grand child number 1 nearby. In the early evening a big RV rental pitched up - the couple were from Lyme Regis. They too, had been delayed by the cyclone and were travelling with their daughter, who lives in Melbourne, up the coast to Cairns.
Wednesday was a lazy day. We drove into Agnes Water to check out the Information Centre, enjoyed our first gelato from the spectacular gelato shop and wandered down to the beach. The sea was perfect temperature and the rollers invigorating.
Thursday started with a couple of heavy rain showers. The locals were hoping for some rain as it had been quite dry. The showers were heavy but moved through quickly. We watched a team of three men fell a large gum tree on the site opposite ours. The heavy rain did not seem to deter their efforts at all. One guy shinned up a rope with a chainsaw lopping off large branches which were soon dragged into macerator. By 11am the skies began to clear, so we donned our walking boots and walked through the scrub to the beach. We walked along the beach back to Agnes Water where we could bathe in the sunshine and swim in the waters surveyed by the local Beach Patrol. Once again the rollers were invigorating.
We walked back to site via the gelaterie and the footpath to 1770. A refreshing shower once back on site, followed by a chilled G and T.Meer informatie