Our first quick stop is a sports shop out of town for a cricket hat for Foxy. Cricket hat purchased, he is a happy bunny in the sun! Back to Airlie Beach for the last time, for a coffee and the lagoon! The (man-made, stinger-croc-tropical-nasties-free) lagoon is like any waterhole in the natural kingdom... A place for animals (in this case, the younger backpackers and "schoolies") to hunt and mate. We narrated it Attenborough-style! But it's also a beautiful ...

We had intended to go to the highly rated Mr Bones for this morning's coffee, but unfortunately we discovered it was closed for renovations. So, drawn in by the comedy sign outside, we tried Clandestino. Slightly burnt banana bread, but really tasty, and plenty of melted butter. In a takeaway box. Foxy objected to having to ask for tap water. Good music. Tasty freebie biscuit. The coffee itself had body and was nicely creamy, but tasted a little burnt, which ...