Charlotte took these photo's of a green tree frog last night. It was on the wall near the kitchen where we were having dinner last night.
High tide was in the morning around 7am so Ed and Charlotte went down to have a go. Charlotte caught some live bait for Ed to use. He had loads of big bites but like most people on the jetty not much luck. One of the guys caught a Barracuda and as he was bringing it in a large groper ate it and the line! Apparently he is one of 5 Gropers who hang out at the jetty.
We left around 10am in glorious sunshine and headed down the 4WD track towards Laura and then we were going to see how far we got before we made camp.
They were doing work on the road, however the track which Ed referred to as a 'goat track,' when he last travelled it, was a wide well graded road. We had a lovely drive crossing rivers with me being glad to spot crocs from the comfort of our car!
We made our way to the Old Laura Homestead which had displays of the history of the settlement in the area. We had lunch there and met yet another family (this time from Canberra) who had sold up and were travelling for a year and looking for a new place to move to.
After lunch we made our way back out to the main Peninsula Development Rd heading north towards Musgrave or Coen. unfortunately we heard a bang and then noticed dust in the car. Yes we had shattered our rear window. Luckily we were near a homestead so we had coverage. A council worker from Cooktown stopped and advised us that it would be better to return south to Mareeba. So after sorting it out with our insurer at 4pm we turned southwards and drove to Mareeba which is in the vicinity of Cairns. What a bummer!
The only nice thing about the afternoon was the beautiful ranges as the sunset on our drive towards Mareeba.
There goes 250km. Ed was tired when we finally got into town.
We managed to book the car into be fixed for 8am tomorrow.
It was a KFC dinner and bed. It was a long day in the car for us all.
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