Wednesday morning and it is time to check out of
Lucinda. However, we slept until 8.30am
this morning (love this no work life).
Josh was up late last night trying to do something on the computer
including doing an upgrade on his iPhone but he was at the same time using the
Hotspot on his phone… well, it didn’t work as the upgrade switched the phone
off but then wanted him to connect to iTunes – not possible without the Hotspot
on his phone. So this morning he went
and got a free internet connection off the caravan park and fixed his problem –
thankfully. What would we do without the
internet and what would you all do without our blog?? So we finally got away around 10.30am and
although wet weather was predicted, it was only sprinkling at this stage. The rain picked up not long after leaving
this morning but was really light driving through Cardwell. Well that fooled us! We drove on further and then understood what
the weather forecasters were talking about.
By the time we reached Tully it was absolutely pelting down. We believe now that Tully truly is the
wettest town in Australia (that is a fact according to Wikipedia). It is also one of the town’s hardest hit by
Cyclone Yasi in February 2011. This fact
was making me a little nervous seeing as though creeks and rivers were filling
rapidly on our drive in and the wind is picking up. Josh has been doing really well to keep us
safe on the road, in particular, when we get massive trucks passing us in this
weather or they are overtaking us at a great speed! We pulled over to have a look around the main
street of Tully and found a cosy little bakery for a pie and coffee – exactly
what we needed after being drenched from simply hopping out of the car. It was Josh’s fault that we were even more
soaked hopping back in the car as it was he who started the childish games of
splashing us in the puddles and locking us out of the car. So - dripping wet back in the car we headed
towards the coast to Mission Beach where we had intended on staying the
night. We passed a tractor who had
slipped off the road so turned around to see if we could assist at all – he had
already called his council employer to get help underway so we continued on. At Mission Beach us girls got our own back. We sat in the car and let Josh out set up the
van alone in the rain… no point in us all getting drenched! After settling in, we sat the kids down and
did a couple of hours of schoolwork – they are learning about the weather –
ironic?? We flicked between our usual
shows of The Voice and MKR before now relaxing.
We plan to stay here 2 nights but with the weather the way it is and the
puddles building up around us, that could turn into about 7 nights. Time will tell….
We woke up to more bad weather today and jumped in the car
for a drive about the towns of Mission Beach and down to South Mission
Beach. We were on a “mission” to find a
cassowary in the wild. The only thing we
managed to see were stacks of wallabies ata new estate at South Misson
Beach. We drove a bit more around the
area before heading back to the caravan to listen to the rain.
Friday was again much the same. More rain and very little happening. The kids did their final bits of schooling
for the term. Josh and I actually ducked
out for about 20 minutes while the kids were locked in the van doing their “news”
and “journals”. We just walked to the
little shops next to the caravan park to grab a coffee and hot chips for the
kids. Thankfully by the time we returned
the kids were done and we can dust our hands of school work now for 2 weeks. This afternoon we all settled in while it was
raining and watched a movie together before dinner and bed… quiet rainy day!
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