To Kurrimine Beach

This morning was a move on morning so it was farewell to the lovely sugar town of Ingham.

After packing up the Karavan, I drove the short distance into the Ingham CBD for a cappuccino and raisin toast at JK’s Deli. I returned there as I had a lovely coffee there yesterday. While there I discovered that one of the ladies working there had come from Goondiwindi and knew a few of Andrew’s work colleagues at Landmark there.

I left the town and set off to drive to Halifax which is a small village on the way to Lucinda. Lucinda has the record of having the longest, 6 kms, sugar loading facility in Australia. It really does look a long way out to the berth where very large ships can load with sugar. The loading facility has been built to withstand the cyclones that occasionally visit.

Once I had walked around and taken a few photos, I returned through Halifax and then onto the Bruce Highway proceeding to Cardwell. Before getting there, there was a short and quite steep climb over a mountain. A top view at the top of the climb.

At Cardwell, I checked out the Coral Sea War Memorial in the park. Many former military groups have had input in its construction along with numerous residents. It really was not all that far from the battles in the Coral Sea. There were some aircraft crashes in the area during that time with loss of life.

My next stop was Tully which is reputed to be the wettest town in Australia. The town regularly exceeds 4.4 metres of rain and the highest was 7.90 metres. That is one large amount! There is the Giant Golden Boot complete with Green Frog on the side that the top indicates the height of the record 1950 flood in the town of 7.9 metres. It is another sugar town. One gets very used to driving through sugar cane after a while.

From Tully, I did a diversion off the Bruce Highway to have a quick look at Mission Beach and the immediate area. I will return there during the next several days.

Finally, I arrived at the King Reef Resort, which is named after the reef off shore, in Kurrimine Beach. It is not all that flash but it is clean and quite shady. It has over 60 powered sites and it forms part of the Hotel complex.

The town is very small but there are many nice homes in the streets and the beach front is well managed. It is mainly a fishing location but is nice and quiet especially after the previous 2 parks have been quite noisy. Luckily, I can sleep through most noise.

Somehow, I have managed to strain my back and it is painful. I have no idea how I have managed to cause this but I need a Cath massage to sort it. Not much chance of that around here but maybe at Mission Beach soon. 

Tonight I had dinner in the hotel. I splashed out and had a 3 course baked dinner for a massive price of only $20.00 plus a bottle of nice red! Also had anothe cappacino. Ended chatting to a lady from the CCMA village at Casino that knows Bill and Noelle quite well. Her husband is in hospital in Innisfail very unwell and hoping to have him transferred to Townsville.