Rollingstone, Qld. July 31st, 2024

 Rollingstone, Qld. July 31st, 2024

Today we moved our camp down to Rollingstone, some 360km away. It takes a while to get drive to the other side of Cairns but after that it's a reasonable sort of run down to Innisfail, where we stopped for a coffee, and then to Ingham and through to Rollingstone, which is about 50km north of Townsville. 

We had been allocated our old site from last year, but at the last minute they switched us to another, still by the lakeside, but arguably ‘nicer’. It's big and we don't have a neighbour outside, so it's all good. We had a pleasant afternoon sitting in the sun before the wind picked up and the clouds rolled in.

Here's a few snaps of our spot:

Judy taking easy. Rollingstone Qld

When they say Lakeside, this is what they mean.  Rollingstone Qld

 Our home. Rollingstone Qld

I was up early this morning and went for my usual walk along the beach. I hadn't counted on the high tide, which meant a bit of walking through he mangrove trees to get to the beach proper, but it was quite pleasant and much different to the low-tide vista I had last year.

"Back" beach,  Rollingstone Qld

"Back" beach,  Rollingstone Qld

Later in the day, we went back up to the highway to the Frosty Mango for a coffee and cake. There are other places further off the highway, but this is Ok despite the dorky Mango out the front!

Frosty Mango, Rollingstone Qld

As it was still early we sld down to Townsville to go to a proper supermarket and to get fuel, and still back in time for lunch!