Airlie Beach

Day 25 - Airlie Beach

Airlie Beach

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

We had a bit of a lie-in this morning, then went into Airlie Beach and had a coffee at Mcdonalds (Mcdonalds are on to a good thing as every McDonalds has free wifi and loads of people go there to use their laptops etc and then buy a coffee and a cake or burger, it's handy if your accommodation doesn't have wifi). We then did a bit of tourist shopping. I bought some thongs (no, I have not taken up exotic dancing to supplement our income although I'm sure the thought intrigues you; thongs are flip-flops in Australia as I'm sure you know), a tee shirt and a stubby (bottle) holder. The girls bought ice creams and sweets.

We then spent the rest of the afternoon lying by, and swimming in Airlie lagoon which is a big swimming area with sandy beach near but but not actually in the sea (there had apparently been a recent sighting of a crocodile on the beach in Airlie and so people were avoiding the sea, which unnerved me slightly especially in view of our Mission Beach blog because I really thought that that was too far south for crocs!)

We drifted home later that afternoon buying some chips and gravy to share on the way (you can tek t'boy art ov Yorkshire but you carn't tek Yorkshire art t'boy). When we got back we fired up the BBQ at the campsite and had a slap up nosh of burgers, ribs and kebabs. As you can see, Leonard is still with us and loves a barbie.

We got chatting to another camper (we talked to him, even though he was in a camper van and we are in a cabin) and he recommended a place to stay in Hervey Bay which is our destination tomorrow. I phoned them and booked a place.

After tea we retired to our cabin and got a fairly early night as we have discovered that Hervey Bay is a tad further away than we thought (about 800km) so we wanted to be on the road at 06:30. It's not good for the children to have too many lie-ins.

	The Island Gateway [Map]		Our Cabin [Map]
	BBQ area on campsite [Map]		Leonard is hungry [Map]
	Leonard is thirsty [Map]		Leonard butty [Map]
	Leonard gets ahead [Map]		Relaxing by the Lagoon [Map]
	Airlie Lagoon [Map]

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