We left Townsville today and drove north to Ingham. We had been told by Mark and Sharon that the
cemetery here was one to look out for – and it was the first sign we came
across so we headed there. It’s another
good size but nowhere near as big as the one in Townsville. The difference here is that most (if not all)
of the deceased are Italians. It appears
that the coffins are buried above the ground (mostly in pairs) and then
cemented in with small tiles. Then for
many, there is a small house like building sitting on the top, with a sliding
door in, and there are photos, information and flowers remembering those that
have passed. Very different! We grabbed a few groceries from town and then
headed to Lucinda which is again on the coast.
Lucinda is well known for its sugar and even has a jetty which is over
5kms long where the sugar is taken out to sea and loaded onto the boats. Unfortunately, as we noticed later in the
day, this jetty is not open to the public (there goes our fishing expedition). Whilst setting up Sami had a bit of a fall (I
don’t even know how – maybe running in thongs?) and scraped her knees, legs,
arms and hands but not too much blood.
She was more upset a little later when we went for a bike ride and Zoe
ran over her foot. Further into our bike
ride, we rode west to the end of Dungeness Road which brought us to the
Hinchinbrook Channel. I was surprised to
see a few holiday motels / accommodation places in this area. The kids had a play in the park before
returning. I rested on a comfy chair
with a pillow for a bit (as I have a sore neck and back from Josh throwing me
in the pool at Townsville) while Josh and the girls went and kicked the ball
around in the park before dinner.
The next day it was very overcast and there was a little bit
of rain about. Mid-morning we headed
inland for Wallaman Falls. It took quite
a while to get there as it is up a large windy mountain but we were pumped for
this waterfall that had a single drop of 268 metres. As we wound up the mountain the clouds were
closing in on us and by the time we reached the top we knew our fate. We headed towards the lookout and all we
could see was the clouds! Bummer!! The noise was good but the cloud was not
going to budge. We considered taking the
track down the steep mountain but it was probably going to be pretty wet and
slippery so we opted out. Back at the
car we had a bit of lunch and then Josh and I walked over to the lookout and
stood and waited. Eventually, the cloud
thinned out a little but all we could see was the top section and even that
wasn’t very clear. We left there a bit
disappointed but there was nothing we could do about it. Heading back down the mountain Josh took the
bends pretty carefully. He didn’t even
hit any of the cows that thought they owned the road. We stopped at Ingham for a coffee and
afternoon tea before going back to the van and hiding out inside away from the
bad weather. It gave us a good chance to
give iTunes a work out for the rest of the day…
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