Port Douglas Qld July 27th 2023

 Port Douglas Qld July 27th 2023

Took my morning stroll out along Mowbray Road, down across the creek of the same name and up into the back blocks. The sun was actually shining and it was quite pleasant.

Mountains behind caravan park, Glengarry Qld

One of my favourite bridges has had a facelift and been saved from demolition. I was just walking over it when the men from the local council turned up to inspect the vandal damage to the not even 4 week old reno. They have put bollards along each side and joined them with a nice 2 inch thick rope in the form of a handrail. Very decorative and stops us pedestrians from walking off the side of the bridge. One of these ropes had been cut right through. Must have taken some effort to do this. The air was blue with what the engineer said! And he was right, a very apt descriptive name for people who do this sort of thing. PS: two days later the rope on the other side was cut as well.

Let me bore you with a bridge story....

The first bridge was build in 1919 right after WWI as a job creation project for the returned Diggers, and was named the Anzac bridge. In 1940 it was replaced with a new bridge, just downstream from it, also given the Anzac bridge monicker.

Anzac bridge 1940 version, Mowbray Creek, Glengarry Qld

In 2019 Council wanted to rip the lovely old timber structure out and replace it with a concrete causeway style bridge. The local were upon in arms and mounted a protest. And sometimes people power can win because the new bridge was build more or less where the original 1919 bridge had been. They even saved one of the old concrete piles and put it in a park up the road.

Later on, another visit to Port Douglas to finish the shops off, hopefully without the rain. We had lunch at The Central Pub before taking a drive up through to Mossman, just for fun. It rained on and off all day, so driving around is about the only amusement. We took coffee and cake at the Bakery in Mossman and Judith finally found a vanilla slice worthy of her praise. It won mostly by not having a soggy bottom. Would have got five stars if the icing had been pink and hard.