Day 74 Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour "all the cops in the donut shop say way oh way oh ooh wayo wayo...." We needed to chat to the boys in blue today. We awoke to grayish skies with blue tinges and intermittent light rain again today. It's hard to get used to rain again after glorious sunshine for so long. Still, it's not enough rain to stop you from doing anything - wont even wash the car! We left at about 9am to drive into Airlie Beach proper and out to S...

Day 73 Townsville - Ayr - Bowen - Airlie Beach "get your motor runnin, head out on the highway...." Headwind.... We woke to grey skies this morning. First time in over 10 weeks the sky wasn't cloudless and blue! Before getting back on the road we decided to drive back to The Strand and maybe have a swim at the lagoon at the beach. Too windy though and even though the water temp was ok, no one was interested. We walked along the beachfront and out onto the je...