Sunday 23rd April

We are hoping that Cyclone Monica has moved west and taken the rain away from the coast so we are venturing east. The benefits of the rain are the beautiful scenery but the downside are the sandflies, mosquitoes and other flying and biting creatures. After 2 hours of boring bitumen road heading directly east, we found some dirt road and a bush lunch spot wiht only one fly so we could eat outdoors for a change. Sundays are really quiet in these country spots so we continued driving and ended up in Mackay. WE never anticipated driving 690km for the day!