Today was already planned. We were going to spend the day laying on the beach and were so looking forward to it. There are a couple of resident peacocks in the park and I was fortunate to hand feed one this morning. We were all loaded up and set for the morning. We wandered down to the beautiful Gray's Bay with our snorkels, flippers and the fishing gear too. This is a beautiful bay which was sheltered from the strong winds. We settled in for the morning. Wen a...

Packed up and said goodbye to Townsville. Not really knowing where we will stop, but possibly Airlie Beach. The drive was pleasant with many intervals brought about by traffic lights for road works, how to make a 2 hour drive into 3 hours. We got to Home Hill and Joe saw the sign for Groper Creek, apparently excellent barramundi fishing, so off to check it out. When we got there it was blowing its **** off and we didn't have a boat to get out of the breeze so w...